A muezzin in Hooghly’s Chinsurah said he was slapped by an unidentified youth for refusing to chant “Jai Shri Ram” in the early hours of Wednesday.
Mohammed Sufiuddin, 54, a resident of Chakbazar in Chinsurah, said that around 3.45am on Wednesday, he was riding a bicycle to the mosque from his home when three motorcycle-borne youths accosted him near the Chakbazar More and asked him to chant “Jai Shri Ram”.
“I told them about my religious identity and requested them not to force me to chant the slogan. At this, one of the youths slapped me hard and I fell down with my cycle. As I cried in pain, the youths escaped from the scene. There was no one around as it was too early in the morning,” said Sufiuddin.
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‘Am I afraid? I am not afraid. Get your camera, I will say this on camera. This money is not of anyone’s
baap….The (Central) government has sent money for my house and these local party people are withholding it.
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West Bengal polls: Not TMC, it s BJP this time in Siliguri as large section of people cry foul against Mamata Banerjee
It can be recalled that in the Lok Sabha 2019 election BJPâs Raju Bishta had defeated All India Trinamool Congressâ Amar Singh Rai with a large margin.
West Bengal, April 09 (ANI): BJP supporters hold party flags and balloons during an election rally for BJP national president JP Nadda in Kolkata on Friday. (ANI Photo)
Siliguri: North Bengalâs Siliguri and Jalpaiguri is already painted saffron ahead of the poll results on May 2.
After the results of the last parliament election was announced in May 2019, it was seen that North Bengal, once a strong citadel of TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee has been majorly saffronised as most the seats were won by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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COOCH BEHAR/ALIPURDUAR: Sitting on a wooden chair in his small book store, Surojit Dey was looking at the BJP roadshow marching along the arterial road of Alipurduar.
The small town in north Bengal never experienced such an election extravaganza thousands of people, lines of decorated vehicles and dozens of musical bands. The crowd continued roaring ‘Jai Shri Ram’.
“Look at the faces. They represent all segments of our society college students, government employees, daily wage workers. Most of them are Dalits who used to be the strength of our party five years ago,’’ said Surojit, a TMC worker.