Bengal is not Gujarat, Mamata Banerjee attacks BJP after unveiling Vidyasagar statue
Banerjee accused the saffron party of destroying the bust during the violence of 14 May at College Street in Kolkata.
Banerjee accused the saffron party of destroying the bust during the violence of 14 May at College Street in Kolkata.
Banerjee, the chief of the ruling TMC, garlanded Vidyasagar’s bust at a ceremonial programme at the Hare School ground in College Street.
Primarily known for his contribution towards creating a Bengali primer, the Borno Parichay, and for his sustained efforts at improving the status of the Hindu women, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was one of the greatest reformers from Bengal. Following the vandalism of Vidyasagar’s statue in Bengal, Sahapedia takes a look at the legacy of the Bengali thinker whose works are integral to Indian modernity
Banerjee said her party has proof that BJP workers vandalised the Vidyasagar bust and dared PM Modi to prove the allegations against TMC.
In a public event in Uttar Pradesh’s Mau, the PM put the blame on the TMC for the violence that hit Amit Shah’s roadshow in Kolkata on Tuesday.
A bust of the Bengali renaissance era icon was vandalised during the violence at BJP chief Amit Shah’s roadshow in Kolkata on Tuesday evening.