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The BJP has alleged that supporters of the ruling TMC successful West Bengal attempted to acceptable afire a puja pandal hosting an idol of ‘Bharat Mata’ astatine Khardah Assembly constituency connected the bluish outskirts of Kolkata.
Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar visited the country connected Monday (January 27, 2026) and led the thrust successful restoring the damaged information of the pandal and offered prayers to an idol, which the enactment claimed arsenic that of 'Bharat Mata'.
"TMC goons successful the country acceptable the pandal connected occurrence precocious Saturday nighttime and fled, but timely enactment by section radical and our supporters prevented further damage. Police took nary enactment truthful far," Mr. Majumdar told reporters astatine the spot.
Mr. Majumdar, the Union Minister of State for Education and Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), alleged that determination was besides an effort to vandalise the idol of 'Bharat Mata' wrong the pandal.
He claimed that erstwhile BJP workers went to protestation against the incidental connected Sunday (January 25), they were alternatively beaten up by police, who acted arsenic "cadres" of the Trinamool Congress.
"Police baton-charge near 1 enactment worker, identified arsenic Bhakta Biswas, earnestly injured and hospitalised. The BJP volition retrieve the incidental and clasp those liable accountable successful owed course," the erstwhile saffron enactment main said.
A elder constabulary officer, however, said a short-circuit perchance triggered the fire.
"As the BJP protesters turned unruly during the protestation earlier Khardah constabulary station, we had to usage minimum force. The concern is peaceful and nether power now," the serviceman said.
TMC authorities wide caput Kunal Ghosh said that sensing imminent decision successful the upcoming polls astatine Khardah, the BJP is whipping up the spiritual paper and trying to disrupt instrumentality and order.
