Midnapore, Oct. 15 -- Invoking the imagery of cockroaches and bedbugs to target those allegedly working to weaken the country from within, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday called for a tougher government response while reacting to a question about a reported notice asking actor Irrfan Khan to leave the country over his alleged support for the Kashmir movement.
"Because our country is liberal, people are exploiting that freedom to weaken the country from within and attack its constitutional institutions. The government must deal with this more firmly. That is what the people want," Adhikari told reporters on the sidelines of a Durga Puja inauguration at Mechagram in East Midnapore.
Referring to a proposed march to th...