By Express News Service
Kolkata: Central Kolkata got here to a standstill because the West Bengal authorities organised a march as a mark to precise gratitude to UNESCO for giving Durga Puja a heritage tag. The occasion has turned out to be a political extravaganza of the ruling get together and a reply to the BJP’s allegation accusing the ruling TMC of limiting Hindu festivals.
The occasion is organised a month forward of Durga Puja and political observers discovered it was the ruling get together’s determined try to woo the sentiment of Bengalis driving on the sentiment of the pageant.
Taking a jibe at Thursday’s occasion and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, BJP’s Amit Malviya mentioned “She is organising a rally to take credit score for the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage tag for Durga puja. The fact nevertheless is that she had no function in anyway in getting the award. It was due to efforts of Sangeet Natak Aademi, an establishment beneath the Modi authorities,’’ he tweeted.
Several arterial roads have been closed for vehicular actions and colleges in north Kolkata introduced a vacation anticipating huge footfall within the march that began from iconic Jorasanko Thakurbari and ended on Red Road.
Bhupen Bose Avenue, J. M. Avenue, Central Avenue, Vivekananda Road, KK Tagore Street M G Road, BB Ganguly Street, SN Banerjee Road, GC Avenue Lenin Sarani, Mayo Road RR Avenue, JL Nehru Road Esplanade Row have been among the many thoroughfares that have been closed for site visitors for a lot of hours.
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This 12 months, a month-long celebration forward of Durga Puja has commenced in Kolkata from Thursday onwards.
The state authorities set the festive temper in place at a time when the ruling get together’s heavyweights, former minister Partha Chatterjee and get together’s strongman Anubrata Mondal, have been arrested on the costs of being concerned in a rip-off by two central businesses.
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“The BJP, throughout the marketing campaign in final 12 months’s Assembly elections, accused Mamata’s authorities of limiting folks of Bengal from celebrating Hindu festivals like Durga Puja and Saraswati Puja. The announcement of the month-long celebration and Thursday’s march seemed to be an try to blunt BJP’s allegation.
Besides, it is usually an effort to divert folks’s consideration from the continued corruption costs confronted by TMC leaders. It is like caging two birds with one pageant,” mentioned a political observer preferring anonymity.
Without naming the BJP, Mamata, on the finish of the occasion, mentioned, “Religious belief is an individual’s choice. In Bengal, we celebrate and become part of festivals of all communities.”
Kolkata: Central Kolkata got here to a standstill because the West Bengal authorities organised a march as a mark to precise gratitude to UNESCO for giving Durga Puja a heritage tag. The occasion has turned out to be a political extravaganza of the ruling get together and a reply to the BJP’s allegation accusing the ruling TMC of limiting Hindu festivals.
The occasion is organised a month forward of Durga Puja and political observers discovered it was the ruling get together’s determined try to woo the sentiment of Bengalis driving on the sentiment of the pageant.
Taking a jibe at Thursday’s occasion and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, BJP’s Amit Malviya mentioned “She is organising a rally to take credit score for the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage tag for Durga puja. The fact nevertheless is that she had no function in anyway in getting the award. It was due to efforts of Sangeet Natak Aademi, an establishment beneath the Modi authorities,’’ he tweeted.
Several arterial roads have been closed for vehicular actions and colleges in north Kolkata introduced a vacation anticipating huge footfall within the march that began from iconic Jorasanko Thakurbari and ended on Red Road.
Bhupen Bose Avenue, J. M. Avenue, Central Avenue, Vivekananda Road, KK Tagore Street M G Road, BB Ganguly Street, SN Banerjee Road, GC Avenue Lenin Sarani, Mayo Road RR Avenue, JL Nehru Road Esplanade Row have been among the many thoroughfares that have been closed for site visitors for a lot of hours.
ALSO READ | West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee hikes monetary help for Durga puja golf equipment
This 12 months, a month-long celebration forward of Durga Puja has commenced in Kolkata from Thursday onwards.
The state authorities set the festive temper in place at a time when the ruling get together’s heavyweights, former minister Partha Chatterjee and get together’s strongman Anubrata Mondal, have been arrested on the costs of being concerned in a rip-off by two central businesses.
ALSO READ | Caging two birds with one pageant: With Durga Puja doles, Mamata strikes to nook BJP
“The BJP, throughout the marketing campaign in final 12 months’s Assembly elections, accused Mamata’s authorities of limiting folks of Bengal from celebrating Hindu festivals like Durga Puja and Saraswati Puja. The announcement of the month-long celebration and Thursday’s march seemed to be an try to blunt BJP’s allegation.
Besides, it is usually an effort to divert folks’s consideration from the continued corruption costs confronted by TMC leaders. It is like caging two birds with one pageant,” mentioned a political observer preferring anonymity.
Without naming the BJP, Mamata, on the finish of the occasion, mentioned, “Religious belief is an individual’s choice. In Bengal, we celebrate and become part of festivals of all communities.”
