UPDATED: March 1, 2021 22:53 IST
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Temple-and ashram-hopping are, of course, de rigueur for BJP leaders anywhere, but the fervour and commitment are hitting new levels in the Bengal poll campaign. And it s not just Ram and Hanuman (or Bajrangbali, the preferred appellation for the monkey god among the party s more hawkish supporters), temples of Kali and Durga are also now must-stops on the itinerary, especially for visiting BJP and Sangh VVIPs.
This trend of propitiating the mother goddess caught on with BJP leaders after Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee raised slogans of Jai Maa Kali and Jai Maa Durga as a counter to the north Indian Jai Shree Ram . Durga and Kali are household deities in Bengal and far more a feature of the everyday worship and vocabulary of the devout Bengali Hindu. This was also Mamata s strategy-to present the BJP as an aggressive outsider bent on re
BJP president J P Nadda ate the humble khichdi seated on the floor with farmers as he reached out to peasants on Saturday in election-bound West Bengal, and excoriated the Mamata Banerjee government for depriving them of the benefits of the PM Kisan Scheme to "satisfy her ego".
India News: MALDA: BJP president J P Nadda ate the humble khichdi seated on the floor with farmers as he reached out to peasants on Saturday in election-bound Wes.
Addressing farmers during the last phase of the month-long Krishak Suraksha Abhiyan campaign, the BJP national president said that Mamata has agreed to implement the Central scheme in Bengal only after realising that her party is losing ground among farmers