BJP objects to Kaaba song at Bengal pandal in CM Mamata Banerjee's presence

NEW DELHI: BJP Saturday objected to the singing of a song with reference to Kaaba and Madinah at a Durga pandal in West Bengal in the presence of CM Mamata Banerjee , slamming it as a "deep shadow of extremist and appeasement politics" over Hindu traditions.

BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi also raised the issue of Booker prize-winning author Banu Mushtaq inaugurating the Dasara festival in Mysuru recently, and wondered if it was all a part of INDIA bloc's efforts to "eradicate" Sanatan Dharma.

Trivedi asked critics of the waqf law brought by Modi govt, who have objected to the provision on the presence of non-Muslims in managing waqf assets, if they consider the rendition of a song glorifying another religion in the Durga pandal as "sweet, secular music". There is nothing wrong in eulogising a religion but doubts grow as it is being done in a Durga pandal in the presence of the state's CM, he told reporters.

BJP's IT department head and its co-incharge for West Bengal, Amit Malviya, also slammed Banerjee for the choice of song in the pandal. tnn