Overview

• A video from a Kolkata Durga Puja pandal shows TMC MLA Madan Mitra singing a line referencing the Kaaba and Medina while Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claps.
• BJP leaders Amit Malviya and Kanchan Gupta shared the clip on X with captions accusing West Bengal’s ruling party of disrespecting Sanatan traditions.
• BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi called it the “limit of appeasement politics” and questioned why such a song was performed in a Durga pandal during Navratri.
• Malviya also claimed Mamata Banerjee inaugurated several pandals wearing a hijab during Pitru Paksha, a statement presented as his assertion in the posts.
• Union home minister Amit Shah visited a Kolkata Durga Puja pandal and said he prayed for a government capable of building a “Sonar Bangla” after the 2026 assembly polls.