BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Sunday said that the condition of West Bengal is “worse than Manipur.”

“The situation in Bengal is worse than in Manipur. People voted for this government in the state. People will punish it for what it is doing. The Central Government is doing its job of making suggestions and offering help for the upkeep of law & order. We can see that the situation in Bengal and at the Bangladesh border is not good for the security of the country, we had been saying this,” the BJP MP said.

Ghosh’s remarks came after attacks on the Enforcement Directorate (ED) team in Sandeshkhali village of North 24 Parganas on Friday morning, when it tried to raid the residence of block-level leaders of the ruling TMC in connection with an alleged ration scam case.

Meanwhile, West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that the attack proves that there is no law and order in the state. “Nowhere in India does an incident occur like what happened in Sandeshkhali (village). The Thursday incident was an example of hooliganism, which proves the relationship between the ruling party and the police force in the state. This unholy relationship is reflected through this incident,” Chowdhury said on Saturday.

Reacting to Chowdhury’s criticism, Ghosh said that Congress could not improve law and order in Kashmir in the last 30 years. “PM Modi has brought peace to Kashmir. The central government is making efforts to eliminate corruption and violence in the state but they are being obstructed in their work,” he added.