Hindu Jagran Manch, a Hindutva organisation which subscribes to the same ideology as Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has also taken out processions in Barasat, Siliguri, and Kolkata’s Burrabazar before Ram Navami kicks off. The district administrations in Barrackpore, Howrah, Hooghly, Asansol and North Dinajpur have been put on alert to avert any possible skirmish as stone-pelting incidents on Ram Navami organisers are on the rise in recent years.
Kolkata: A Hindutva outfit’s move to organise 5,000 religious processions on Ram Navami has kept the authorities on tenterhooks in West Bengal as multiple police stations across the state are put on high alert to prevent any potential communal flare-up in anticipation of the Ram Navami celebrations on Wednesday.
West Bengal, a known as the land of festivals with popular saying ‘baro mashe, tero porbo’, which literally translates to 13 festivals in 12 months, had been in boil over Ram Navami celebrations in the last few years over slugfest between the TMC and BJP over the celebration of Ram Navami in the state.
Interestingly alongside Durga Puja, Kali Puja and Saraswati Puja, which have always been big in Bengal, Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti have assumed significance in recent years.
Meanwhile, the Hindu Jagran Manch has asked its cadres to mobilise its men approximately 5,000 religious processions at the ward or panchayat level in all districts of the state. The organisation which subscribes to the same ideology as Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has also staged significant processions in Barasat, Siliguri, and Kolkata’s Burrabazar.
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