A crudely-crafted lookalike of Mahatma Gandhi was substituted for the M🦩ahisasur꧑a by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday in an attempt to malign Durga Puja.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that people would give a befitting reply to those who tried to malign Dur☂ga Puja and insulted Mahatma Gandhi by replacing the Mahisasura with a crudely-crafted lookalike of the fath🍌er of the nation.
Her comments came in the wake of a Durga Puja organised by the Akhil Bharat Hindu 💛Mahasabha in Kolkata depicting the buffalo demon as a Gandhi lookalike. The depiction led to a huge controversy and outrage.
"It's a matter of shame that they tried to malign Durga Puja by using the face of the father of the nation Maha🐼tma Gandhi as that of asur. All of us respect Gandhiji," Banerjee said while addressing a Bijoyಌa Sammelani programme in Kolkata.
The chief minister lauded the police for their apt handling of the situation and for not allowing it to snowball into a major issue during🔥 the Durga Puja.
"People will give a befitting reply to those who tried to insult the father of the nation. T🐲hey later changed it after police intervened,&q🐓uot; Banerjee said.
The organisers of the puja near Ruby crossing in southeast Kolkata changed the appearance 🐭of the idol that looked like Gandhi following instructions fro⛦m the police after a complaint was lodged. The West Bengal BJP unit condemned the incident.