Doctor's Protests, Floods May Dampen Bengal's Durga Puja Festivities
NDTV
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, her government and her Trinamool Congress party have been under the kind of pressure not seen before in their 13-year tenure in West Bengal.
The firestorm over a Kolkata doctor's gruesome rape and murder and the flood crisis threaten to severely impact Bengal's Rs 50,000 crore Durga Puja economy.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, her government and her Trinamool Congress party have been under the kind of pressure not seen before in their 13-year tenure in West Bengal.
The mishandling of the grisly rape murder case and its fallout have dented the state government's image. Amid the (partially withdrawn) junior doctors' strike, floods have subdued preps for this year's Durga Puja celebrations, so integral to Bengal's culture and economy.
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