Bidhan Chandra Roy.Accusing the BJP of vandalising the bust, Congress workers blocked the Mankar-Galsi Road for nearly two hours on Sunday Wikimedia CommonsA bust of former Bengal chief minister Bidhan Chandra Roy — popularly known as Banglar Roopokar (maker of modern Bengal) — in front of a Congress office in East Burdwan’s Mankar was vandalised allegedly by BJP supporters on Saturday. The incident took place barely 34km from Durgapur — an industrial hub set up by Roy in south Bengal, besides Kalyani, Bidhannagar (Salt Lake), Ashokenagar and Habra. Accusing the BJP of vandalising the bust, Congress workers blocked the Mankar-Galsi Road for nearly two hours on Sunday. Debesh Chakraborty, AICC member from West Burdwan, said: “The BJP-backed goons attacked our party head office in the morning and ransacked the bust of Bidhan Chandra Roy at Mankar in the evening.”Congress leaders said the bust made of cement and plaster had been set up in front of the party office near Mankar station in 2011. “The vandalising of Bidhan Chandra Roy’s bust and defacing the Congress’ headquarters, Bidhan Bhavan (named after Roy), is nothing but an affront to Bengali sentiment,” said state Congress chief Somen Mitra.

Source: The Telegraph November 17, 2019 22:18 UTC