West Bengal on edge ahead of Ram Navami, police steps up patrols and vigil

BJP leader clashes with cops, claims they stopped Ram Navami rally in Bengal

BJP leader Locket Chatterjee accused West Bengal police of halting a Ram Navami rally she was leading from New Town near Kolkata, sparking tensions and a rerouting of the spiritual procession.

Ram Navami: BJP claims police stopped procession in Kolkata

On Sunday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Locket Chatterjee alleged that the police in Kolkata's New Town area stopped the Ram Navami procession, which she was leading, forcing the event to change its route. The procession, which began from the Ram Temple in New Town, encountered obstacles near Kestopur, located in the northern part of the city when it tried to enter Salt Lake. Police placed barricades on the VIP road connecting to the airp…

Over 60 Ram Navami rallies in Kolkata; police on high alert, TMC says BJP to turn occasion into political event

Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, who is scheduled to lay the foundation stone of a Ram Mandir in his Nandigram assembly constituency, has also lined up programmes in Howrah and Purba Medinipur

West Bengal on edge ahead of Ram Navami, police steps up patrols and vigil

Ram Navami processions, a recent social and political development in West Bengal have often triggered communal violence over the past few years.

Record numbers of Ram Navami celebration in WB heighten the Hindutva pitch across the state.

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