Even as her state was beset by political violence through the day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday unveiled a statue of Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar at the Vidyasagar College in Kolkata. At the event, she launched another blistering attack on the BJP and said, "It doesn't end at breaking a statue. Banerjee first offered a floral tribute to the Vidyasagar bust at the Hare School ground and later walked up to the Vidyasagar College on foot as a vehicle then carried the bust to the college. There, she placed the bust at the same place where it was when vandalised by miscreants on May 14; she later unveiled the full-size statue of him inside the college premises. The CM also announced four more bronze statues — that of Rabindranath Tagore, Vidyasagar, Ashutosh Mookerjee and Kazi Nazrul Islam.

Source: dna June 12, 2019 01:07 UTC