: Tuesday, January 12, 2021, 8:51 PM IST
Trump s Viveka-mu-nand gaffe: Mamata s nephew slams PM Modi for not snatching mic from POTUS
TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee
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Kolkata: With the prospect of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections, slated for later this year, just around the corner â the ruling TMC and the BJP seem to be engaged in an increasingly vicious cultural war that hinges upon the question of appropriation of Bengal s socio-religious icons for political gains.
Even though the Bengal unit of the BJP on Tuesday took out a colourful rally from Shyambazar to Swami Vivekananda s ancestral residence at Simla Street to mark the monk s 158th birth anniversary, the TMC appears resolute to not let the saffron camp railroad its way in reclaiming Narendranath Dutta s legacy.