Overview

• Video shows TMC MLA Madan Mitra singing lines about Kaaba and Medina inside a Durga Puja pandal as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claps.
• The clip was circulated widely on X by BJP-linked figures Kanchan Gupta and Amit Malviya, accelerating its reach.
• BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi called it the "limit of appeasement," framed it as an attack on Hindu "Shakti" during Navratri, and linked it to other recent festival controversies.
• The Trinamool Congress had not issued an official response in initial reports, leaving opposition critiques to dominate early coverage.
• Separately, Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited a Kolkata pandal and said he prayed for a government capable of building "Sonar Bangla" after the 2026 Assembly polls.