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Ahead of the Assembly polls successful West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Tuesday (March 3, 2026) utilized the commencement day of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to accent the State’s contented of secularism, portion Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari raised the transportation of hindutva.
Ms. Banerjee took to societal media connected the juncture of commencement day of Chaitanya Mahabrabhu and Dol Purnima and said, “We indispensable instrumentality this oath that we volition not let Sri Chaitanyadev’s Bengali contented of secularism is damaged”. The Trinamool Congress chairperson added that she would not let the contented of tolerance to beryllium tarnished.
The Chief Minister had connected Monday (March 3, 2026) participated successful a Holi lawsuit astatine the Netaji Indoor Stadium, wherever she stated that it was not the argumentation of her authorities to disagreement and discriminate. “We don’t disagreement and discriminate; we unite people. That is our contented and heritage. We volition not bow down successful beforehand of immoderate evil force,” she had said.
Taking portion successful the rally of the Sanatan Hindu Samaj successful Bhabanipur, BJP person Mr. Adhikari said “words similar secularism are being misinterpreted” successful the country.
“The sanction of this state is Hindustan. This means Hindus and radical of different communities person been surviving present peacefully for ages. We volition not let a conception of radical to misinterpret and premix up secularism with the existent pluralistic tone of India, wherever radical of antithetic faiths person adjacent rights to espouse their beliefs,” the BJP person said.
The Nandigram MLA has been drumming up enactment for the BJP connected spiritual lines and calling each the Hindus to unite. “I telephone upon our Hindu brothers and sisters to unite for peacefully dislodging this appeasement-friendly Mamata Banerjee government, which wants to alteration the demography of Bengal by allowing infiltrators to enactment present for their ballot bank,” helium said.
The remarks by the Chief Minister and the Leader of Opposition look to beryllium drafting up the governmental conflict lines up of the Assembly polls. While the Trinamool volition entreaty to the electorate connected secularism, the BJP seeks to polarise the Hindus.
