From fascism to fanaticism? Gayeshwar flags new danger

BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Saturday warned that communal forces are rising in the country after the fall of fascism. "Those whom you call fundamentalists, I also call them fundamentalists. They are now selling tickets to heaven," he said at a discussion. Gayeshwar, a BNP standing committee member, said a party is telling people that if they stay with it, they will go to heaven, and if not, they will go to hell. "Yet they themselves don't know whether they will go to heaven or not. That's why I say communal forces are on the rise in the country. We have freed ourselves from fascism, but instead of democratic values, a frenzy of communalism has started, which helps...