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With the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal, the celebration of Durga Puja has come into Bengal's political discourse several times. It was indeed unnecessary but looking at the complex origin and evolution of Durga Puja, I can say it was inevitable.
Aveek Sarkar | | Published 18.04.21, 01:47 AM
Union home minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah discusses his love for Bengal, politicisation of the administration and the BJP’s grand plans of overhauling education in a freewheeling conversation with the Editor Emeritus of The Telegraph Digital. The interview was conducted during the second week of April.
TTOnline: This election has proved to be a boon for you. You could travel across Bengal.
(Shakes his head smiling)
How many times have you come to Bengal?
I had come for the Ganga Sagar mela once when I was young. But I have travelled across Bengal from 2016, and have managed to visit 38 to 40 per cent of tehsils. I have had this desire to travel and see the country since I was a child. By God’s grace I became the president of the BJP and ended up travelling to about 93 per cent of districts. But not so m