Kolkata, March 9 -- The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "weaponising" recent remarks made by President Droupadi Murmu to craft what it called a "cynical political narrative" around tribal and Scheduled Caste communities.

In a post on X, the ruling party in West Bengal said the Prime Minister was selectively raising the issue while remaining silent on incidents of alleged violence against SC and ST communities in Manipur.

"Prime Minister @narendramodi is now weaponising the President's recent remarks to manufacture a cynical political narrative around tribal and Scheduled Caste communities. Yet the same Prime Minister maintained a deafening silence when SC and ST citizens faced horrif...