NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday strongly criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over a viral video showing a religious song being sung at a Durga Puja pandal, with the CM seen clapping and enjoying the performance.
The video, shared by BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya, features Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra singing the lines, “There’s Kaaba in my heart and Medina in my eyes,” inside a Durga Pandal in Kolkata during the ongoing Navratri celebrations.
Reacting to the video, BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi questioned whether such acts indicate an attempt to “fight and attack the ‘Shakti’ of Hinduism” and undermine Hindu traditions. Speaking to ANI, Trivedi said, “When the entire nation is celebrating Navratri, malign thoughts and suspicious emotions of some