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Devoted to the cause: Amit Shah offers prayers at the Bharat Sevashram Sangha, February 18
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
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Home Minister Amit Shah will be flagging off the last leg of the BJP Rath Yatra on Thursday. HM Amit Shah in West Bengal today  |  Photo Credit: PTI
New Delhi: In what is likely to be a show of strength for the two political rivals in West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be addressing a rally in South 24 Parganas district, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be holding a separate rally at a distant location. This is the first time in the past few months that the two leaders are holding rallies in the same district and at approximately the same time in the poll-bound state.