![]() ![]() Soon after the incident when the blame-game had already begun, the Chief Ministe arrived at the spot within hours on her way back from a rally in Behala.īanerjee's roadshow from Beleghata to Shyambazar on Wednesday was not bereft of the popular Bengali sentiment towards Vidyasagar as several posters condemning the attack on the social reformer was visible. ![]() Several BJP supporters and leaders reminded how Mamata Banerjee had barged inside the West Bengal Assembly in 2006 during the Singur unrest against Tata Motors plant and had went on a rampage uprooting tables, chairs and microphones.īut after the incident at Vidyasagar College two days ago, the battle is now over staking a claim over the legacy of Bengal and its rich history of social reforms and educational progress that showed a path to building a modern India.Īs the political heat was beating the Celsius scale over last few weeks, the vandalisation of Vidyasagar's bust, which was kept inside Vidyasagar College in north Kolkata, turned the social reformer into an issue which is getting highlighted by both Banerjee's Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). While the PM promised to construct a "grand statue" of the educationist and an icon of widow remarriage with panchaloh (five metals) at the same spot, Mamata said the PM cannot bring back the heritage of 200 years and should do "sit-ups" holding his ears for the damage. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged that the bust of Vidyasagar during the attack on Amit Shah's rally was damaged by the Trinamool, the regional party ruling the state said Modi is a pathological liar to claim that. ![]()
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