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TMC Building Statues Of Revolutionaries, Film Stars In Bengal To "Spread Secularism"
From Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to Rabindranath Tagore, from Ramakrishna Paramahamsa to Swami Vivekananda, from Raja Rammohan Roy to Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - statues of legendary figures will dot the state.
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"Bengal Isn't Gujarat": Mamata Banerjee Unveils Icon's Statue, Shreds BJP
A new bust of Bengal icon Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was unveiled today in Kolkata by Mamata Banerjee, almost a month after it was smashed to bits during clashes between Bengal's ruling Trinamool and the BJP in the violent run-up to the national election.
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Kolkata College To Get New Vidyasagar Bust, Says Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said a new bust of social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar will be installed at the Vidyasagar College in place of the old one, which was desecrated by miscreants last month.
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Bengal Government Forms Panel To Probe Destruction Of Vidyasagar Statue
The West Bengal government has formed a five-member committee to look into the desecration of the bust of Vidyasagar during a BJP rally in the city earlier this month, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday.
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Moon Moon Sen's Gaffe No. 2, Says Kolkata Clashes "Tiny Bit Of Violence"
Actor-turned-politician Moon Moon Sen, a Trinamool Congress candidate for the national election, was again accused of making a comment that undermined the violence in Bengal on the last day of voting for the national election on Sunday. "This is a tiny bit of violence," Moon Moon Sen said as she responded to a question on the vandalism of a statue ...
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PM Offers To Build Vidyasagar Statue, Mamata Banerjee Asks What About Ram
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee -- accused by the BJP of engineering the vandalism of the statue of 19th Century reformer Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar -- provided a laundry list of such destruction the BJP is allegedly responsible for.
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"Won't Beg Before You": Mamata Banerjee Rejects PM's Vidyasagar Statue
The massive political row over vandalising a statue of Bengal icon Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar continued today with Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee rejecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's offer of a new Vidyasagar statue at the same spot it was destroyed. The firebrand Trinamool leader, who has rarely backed out of a bare-knuckled fight, threw...
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In Bengal, Vidyasagar Lookalike Campaigns For BJP Amid Row Over Statue
In the massive political row over the vandalism of an Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar statue in clashes at BJP president Amit Shah's rally in Kolkata, the legendary 19th century reformer was seen in the campaign of a BJP candidate today. Or at least, an actor in costume, complete with a faux receding hairline, a dhoti, a brown shawl and a book in one han...
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General Elections 2019: PM Modi Promises Grand Vidyasagar Statue Amid Battle With Trinamool
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said Trinamool Congress "goons" vandalised Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar statue in Kolkata and promised to build a grand statue at the same spot.
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Election Body Invokes Article 324 After Bengal Clashes. What It Says...
The Election Commissionon Wednesdayinvoked Article 324 of the Constitution to prohibit election campaigning in nine constituencies of West Bengal from 10 pm on Thursday until the conclusion of the Lok Sabha polls on May 19. It took the decision in view of clashes between the BJP and the Trinamool Congress over the last 24 hours, which resulted in l...
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TMC Building Statues Of Revolutionaries, Film Stars In Bengal To "Spread Secularism"
From Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to Rabindranath Tagore, from Ramakrishna Paramahamsa to Swami Vivekananda, from Raja Rammohan Roy to Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - statues of legendary figures will dot the state.
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"Bengal Isn't Gujarat": Mamata Banerjee Unveils Icon's Statue, Shreds BJP
A new bust of Bengal icon Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was unveiled today in Kolkata by Mamata Banerjee, almost a month after it was smashed to bits during clashes between Bengal's ruling Trinamool and the BJP in the violent run-up to the national election.
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Kolkata College To Get New Vidyasagar Bust, Says Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said a new bust of social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar will be installed at the Vidyasagar College in place of the old one, which was desecrated by miscreants last month.
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Bengal Government Forms Panel To Probe Destruction Of Vidyasagar Statue
The West Bengal government has formed a five-member committee to look into the desecration of the bust of Vidyasagar during a BJP rally in the city earlier this month, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday.
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Moon Moon Sen's Gaffe No. 2, Says Kolkata Clashes "Tiny Bit Of Violence"
Actor-turned-politician Moon Moon Sen, a Trinamool Congress candidate for the national election, was again accused of making a comment that undermined the violence in Bengal on the last day of voting for the national election on Sunday. "This is a tiny bit of violence," Moon Moon Sen said as she responded to a question on the vandalism of a statue ...
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PM Offers To Build Vidyasagar Statue, Mamata Banerjee Asks What About Ram
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee -- accused by the BJP of engineering the vandalism of the statue of 19th Century reformer Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar -- provided a laundry list of such destruction the BJP is allegedly responsible for.
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"Won't Beg Before You": Mamata Banerjee Rejects PM's Vidyasagar Statue
The massive political row over vandalising a statue of Bengal icon Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar continued today with Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee rejecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's offer of a new Vidyasagar statue at the same spot it was destroyed. The firebrand Trinamool leader, who has rarely backed out of a bare-knuckled fight, threw...
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In Bengal, Vidyasagar Lookalike Campaigns For BJP Amid Row Over Statue
In the massive political row over the vandalism of an Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar statue in clashes at BJP president Amit Shah's rally in Kolkata, the legendary 19th century reformer was seen in the campaign of a BJP candidate today. Or at least, an actor in costume, complete with a faux receding hairline, a dhoti, a brown shawl and a book in one han...
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General Elections 2019: PM Modi Promises Grand Vidyasagar Statue Amid Battle With Trinamool
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said Trinamool Congress "goons" vandalised Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar statue in Kolkata and promised to build a grand statue at the same spot.
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Election Body Invokes Article 324 After Bengal Clashes. What It Says...
The Election Commissionon Wednesdayinvoked Article 324 of the Constitution to prohibit election campaigning in nine constituencies of West Bengal from 10 pm on Thursday until the conclusion of the Lok Sabha polls on May 19. It took the decision in view of clashes between the BJP and the Trinamool Congress over the last 24 hours, which resulted in l...
