Last Updated: Fadnavis Likens WB Post-poll Violence To 'state-sponsored Terrorism'; Decries Hypocrisy Hitting out against the post-poll violence in West Bengal, former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday described it as "state-sponsored terrorism". PTI Hitting out against the post-poll violence in West Bengal, former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday described it as "state-sponsored terrorism". BJP, Congress, CPI(M), and ISF have been up in arms over the violence which has reportedly claimed 14 lives in the last two days. Speaking to the media in Nagpur, he claimed that there was lawlessness in West Bengal. Moreover, he questioned the silence of the "progressive" political parties on this issue.