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Shah to inaugurate Durga Puja festivities in Mamata's den!

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Published : Jul 26, 2019, 9:32 AM IST

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According to sources, BJP president Amit Shah may visit West Bengal this year to celebrate Durga Puja. Durga Puja, arguably the biggest festival of Bengal, has often been used by political parties to reach out to the masses.

Shah to inaugurate Durga Puja festivities in Mamata's den!

Amit Shah to visit West Bengal this year

Kolkata: BJP president Amit Shah is likely to inaugurate Durga Puja festivities in West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's locality this year, party sources said on Thursday.

'Sanghasree Durga Puja Committee' has been organising the puja for the last 73 years. In the last few years, the festivities were inaugurated by Banerjee.

However, much has changed since the BJP's rise on West Bengal's political firmament in the Lok Sabha polls when it clinched 18 of the state's 42 seats, just four less than Banerjee's Trinamool Congress.

BJP's state unit secretary Sayantan Basu now heads the Sanghasree Durga Puja Committee which was previously helmed by Mamata Banerjee's brother Kartik Banerjee.

A functionary of the committee, however, insisted it had nothing to do with politics.

"It has nothing to do with politics. Mr Sayantan Basu is our president. He has said he will talk to Amit Shah's office to have a date fixed for inaugurating the Durga Puja this time,"

Souradeep Dutta, assistant general secretary of the club told media.

Sayantan Basu said the club, with which the puja committee is associated, had requested him to have Shah inaugurate the festivities and that he was looking at it.

Durga Puja, arguably the biggest festival of Bengal, has often been used by political parties to reach out to the masses.

The BJP had last year set up nearly 3,000 stalls outside puja pandals across the state where it displayed books propagating the party's ideology.

Read: Parliament approves amendment to RTI act

Kolkata: BJP president Amit Shah is likely to inaugurate Durga Puja festivities in West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's locality this year, party sources said on Thursday.

'Sanghasree Durga Puja Committee' has been organising the puja for the last 73 years. In the last few years, the festivities were inaugurated by Banerjee.

However, much has changed since the BJP's rise on West Bengal's political firmament in the Lok Sabha polls when it clinched 18 of the state's 42 seats, just four less than Banerjee's Trinamool Congress.

BJP's state unit secretary Sayantan Basu now heads the Sanghasree Durga Puja Committee which was previously helmed by Mamata Banerjee's brother Kartik Banerjee.

A functionary of the committee, however, insisted it had nothing to do with politics.

"It has nothing to do with politics. Mr Sayantan Basu is our president. He has said he will talk to Amit Shah's office to have a date fixed for inaugurating the Durga Puja this time,"

Souradeep Dutta, assistant general secretary of the club told media.

Sayantan Basu said the club, with which the puja committee is associated, had requested him to have Shah inaugurate the festivities and that he was looking at it.

Durga Puja, arguably the biggest festival of Bengal, has often been used by political parties to reach out to the masses.

The BJP had last year set up nearly 3,000 stalls outside puja pandals across the state where it displayed books propagating the party's ideology.

Read: Parliament approves amendment to RTI act

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Shah to inaugurate Durga Puja festivities in Mamata's den!
Kolkata, July 25 (PTI) BJP president Amit Shah is
likely to inaugurate Durga Puja festivities in West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's locality this year, party
sources said on Thursday.
'Sanghasree Durga Puja Committee' has been organising
the puja for the last 73 years. In the last few years, the
festivities were inaugurated by Banerjee.
However, much has changed since the BJP's rise on West
Bengal's political firmament in the Lok Sabha polls when it
clinched 18 of the state's 42 seats, just four less than
Banerjee's Trinamool Congress.
BJP's state unit secretary Sayantan Basu now heads the
Sanghasree Durga Puja Committee which was previously helmed by
Mamata Banerjee's brother Kartik Banerjee.
A functionary of the committee, however, insisted it
had nothing to do with politics.
"It has nothing to do with politics. Mr Sayantan Basu
is our president. He has said he will talk to Amit Shah's
office to have a date fixed for inaugurating the Durga Puja
this time," Souradeep Dutta, assistant general secretary of
the club told PTI.
Sayantan Basu said the club, with which the puja
committee is associated, had requested him to have Shah
inaugurate the festivities and that he was looking at it.
Durga Puja, arguably the biggest festival of Bengal,
has often been used by political parties to reach out to the
masses.
The BJP had last year set up nearly 3,000 stalls
outside puja pandals across the state where it displayed books
propagating the party's ideology. PTI PNT
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Last Updated : Jul 26, 2019, 10:52 AM IST

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