Kolkata: Three months after a bust of BJP icon Shyama Prasad Mookerjee was vandalized in Kolkata, the West Bengal government today installed a brand new one at the same location. The replacement comes on the death anniversary of the Jan Sangh founder.
Senior leaders of the Trinamool Congress inaugurated the new bust with garlands at a park adjoining Keoratala, the city's crematorium.
In March, soon after the Left was uprooted in the Tripura Assembly elections, a statue of communist leader Lenin was pulled down by BJP supporters, triggering similar attacks on several statues across the country.
Syama Prasad Mookerjee was the founder of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh, the predecessor of the ruling BJP.
Senior leaders of the Trinamool Congress inaugurated the new bust with garlands at a park adjoining Keoratala, the city's crematorium.
In March, soon after the Left was uprooted in the Tripura Assembly elections, a statue of communist leader Lenin was pulled down by BJP supporters, triggering similar attacks on several statues across the country.
Syama Prasad Mookerjee was the founder of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh, the predecessor of the ruling BJP.
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