Can Kolkata's Durga Pujas stay above politics under BJP?

‘Durga Puja will be peaceful’: BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya flags ‘radicalisation’, draws Bangladesh parallel

Bhattacharya also recounted how Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the youngest Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University, had raised his voice against the severe atrocities inflicted upon Hindus in East Pakistan.

Keep Durga Pujas out of politics, says Samik

BJP Bengal chief Samik Bhattacharya urges keeping Durga Puja free of politics, asks MLAs not to take over community pujas beyond their constituencies.

Can Kolkata's Durga Pujas stay above politics under BJP?

BJP’s West Bengal president Samik Bhattacharya makes the right noises in what seems like a break from Durga Puja politics during Trinamool Congress rule