New Delhi, Dec 8 (PTI) BJP member Bansuri Swaraj on Monday said political violence was taking root in West Bengal but the state will soon be free of lawlessness as the torchbearers of saffron were marching ahead.

Participating in the discussion on 150 years of national song Vande Mataram in the Lok Sabha, Swaraj hailed Bengal as the birthplace of Vande Mataram and the sacred land that gave the slogan of swadeshi.

"But today, Bengal is in a very serious and precarious situation, because the ruling dispensation is throttling Vande Mataram and political violence is spreading its roots there," she said.

"I wish to assure this House that saffron is the colour of Shri Ram, saffron is the colour of revolution. I will tell the people of Bengal that they will soon be free of this lawlessness, be

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