Watch: BJP supporters elevate slogans at Kolkata’s iconic Coffee House

Supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party entered the enduring Coffee House at College Street in Kolkata on Monday and raised slogans after they have been prevented from pasting BJP posters forward of the West Bengal Assembly Elections.
Pro-BJP supporters elevate slogan inside Kolkata’s iconic Coffee House, after they have been stopped from pasting political posters. Their argument was, if #NoVoteToBJP posters may be allowed inside Coffee House, why not theirs. #WestBengalElections2021 pic.twitter.com/mXx6kjr9I5— Anindya (@AninBanerjee) March 15, 2021
The BJP supporters alleged that ‘No Vote to BJP’ posters have been allowed inside however they have been stopped from pasting theirs. The different finish of the political spectrum claimed that “outsiders” are “creating a ruckus in Coffee house and destroying our posters.”
Outsiders are coming and disturbing our areas. Saffron goons making a ruckus in Coffee home and destroying our posters. Say no to them. Say no to fascism. #NoVoteToBJP pic.twitter.com/ycBs4zA6YZ— Utsa Sarmin (@Utsa_94) March 15, 2021
The place in Kolkata, famend for its ‘addas’, is likely one of the most well-known locations within the City of Joy. It nearly has a hallowed presence within the folklore surrounding town.
Songs have been composed revolving round it. Legendary Bengali musician Manna Dey composed his well-known music “Coffee Houser Sei Addata Aaj Aar Nei” which remains to be broadly common.
The Coffee House is frequented by artists and intellectuals and college students from the Presidency University in Kolkata and different establishments in College Street. Over the years, it has had well-known patrons and guests equivalent to Satyajit Ray, Amartya Sen, Ritwik Ghatak, Narayan Gangopadhyay and others.
Elections in West Bengal are set to start on the twenty seventh of March and can happen over 8 phases. The BJP has given a cry for ‘Poriborton’ whereas Mamata Banerjee is struggling to carry on to her seat.