Kolkata: One person was killed, and four injured, after a clash between locals and police took place in West Bengal’s Purulia’s Beldi where a procession was being held for Ram Navami, ANI reported. Those injured include police personnel.
Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) as well as the BJP are leaving no stone unturned to mark the occasion, for which massive celebrations took place in Kolkata.
The TMC is terming their celebrations of the festival a symbol of harmony among the people.
BJP National Secretary Rahul Sinha said the festivities were “a big victory” for the party and its “Hindutva agenda.”
“It is important that Trinamool Congress leaders had to bow down their heads to the Hindu population in the state. We welcome this. This is a victory for Lord Ram and Ram Navami,” said Sinha, who himself participated in a rally in Hoogly district.
As many as six major Ram Navami rallies are being taken out in the city by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, with the rally from north Kolkata’s Sovabazar expected to draw the biggest crowds.
