Kolkata CM Mamata Banerjee clarifies that her remark “if Bengal burns” was not indicated to the doctor’s protest or the medical fraternity that the BJP personnels are conveying, rather she supported medical organisation’s protest. The Chief Minister in a long post in X said, “I detect a malicious disinformation campaign in some print, electronic and digital media which has been unleashed with reference to a speech that I made in our students' programme yesterday. Let me most emphatically clarify that I have not uttered a single word against the (medical etc.) students or their movements. I totally support their movement. Their movement is genuine. I never threatened them, as some people are accusing me of doing”.

The Chief Minister also stated that there have been a lot of BPJ officials who are trying to create anarchy in the state with the support of the Central Government.

Earlier after the Students’ protest rally demanding the resignation of the CM in Kolkata and the BJP’s summoning 12 hours Bengal strike over the doctor’s rape-murder, the CM pointed that the BJP party is the cause of anarchy over the state. She voiced that if Bengal burns, Assam, North-East, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and Delhi too would not be spared. The CM also said, “Some people think this is Bangladesh. I love Bangladesh; they speak like us and share our culture. But remember, Bangladesh is a separate country, and India is a separate country. Modi Babu is using his party to cause fire here [in Kolkata]”.