Overview
- Organisers from Sanatan Sanskriti Sansad claimed up to five lakh participants, while their own figures also cited about one lakh people reciting selected chapters.
- West Bengal Governor C. V. Ananda Bose cut short a Delhi trip to attend and address the gathering at the Brigade Parade Ground.
- Senior BJP leaders, including Suvendu Adhikari, Samik Bhattacharya, Sukanta Majumdar, Dilip Ghosh and Locket Chatterjee, highlighted the event as a show of Hindu unity as rivals accused the party of using religion for electoral gain.
- Authorities and organisers implemented extensive crowd-management, with 25 entry gates, CCTV coverage and drone monitoring at the central Kolkata venue.
- The recital followed suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir’s mosque foundation in Murshidabad, and he announced plans for a large Quran recitation before construction begins.