KOLKATA, Nov 15: West Bengal Chief Minister Shubhendu Adhikari on Sunday alleged that the previous Trinamool Congress (TMC) government considered only Muslims as minorities.
Adhikari made the remarks while interacting with members of the Sikh community at Gurdwara Bada Sikh Sangathan in Burrabazar here.
He said the term minority did not refer to only one particular community. Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains were also religious minorities, he said.
“The Sikh community comprises true patriots,” Adhikari said.
He did not cite any specific scheme or policy of the previous Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government to support his allegation that only Muslims were treated as minorities.
Adhikari had earlier accused the TMC government of pursuing appeasement politics with regard to minority communities.
