Kolkata: Actor-turned-politician Nusrat Jahan was invited as a special guest at the Iskcon Rath Yatra on Thursday. The newly elected Trinamool Congress MP performed the rituals along with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
The Rath Yatra organized by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness was inaugurated by Mamata.
Earlier on Monday, Nusrat congratulated Iskcon for organizing the Rath Yatra and asked the residents to join her at the inauguration ceremony.
The yatra will start from Hungerford Street at Albert Road and will move through important routes of the city reaching Brigade Parade Grounds.
The people will be able to have a glimpse of Lord Jagannath till July 11.
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Nusrat who recently married businessman Nikhil Jain was heavily trolled for wearing a vermilion and 'mangalsutra' at her oath-taking ceremony.
Reacting to the trolls, Nusrat said no one should comment on what she chooses to wear as "faith is beyond any attire".
A section of Deoband-based clerics reportedly also issued a 'fatwa' (diktat) against the Trinamool Congress lawmaker.
Talking about the 'fatwa' against her, Nusrat said, "I don't pay heed to things which are baseless. I know my religion. I have been a Muslim by birth and I am still a Muslim. It's about faith. You have to feel it inside your heart & not in your head."
