Singer Lagnajita Chakraborty was allegedly abused and heckled at a concert by a man dubbed a “Trinamool worker” who demanded she sing “secular” songs. He allegedly demanded that she sing “secular” songs. “Yes, she was singing a religious song when she was asked to sing secular songs,” Masud said. In an inflammatory statement, Sankudeb Panda of the BJP accused Trinamool of allowing “jihadists” to decide which songs could be sung in Bengal, and alleged efforts to turn the state into another Bangladesh. He accused the BJP of politicising the incident by invoking the religious identities of the singer and the accused.

Source: The Telegraph December 22, 2025 01:37 UTC