Trinamool Vs BJP Over Recognition To Illustrious "Sons Of Bengal"

BJP state president Dilip Ghosh and West Bengal Transport Minister Firhad Hakim were among several leaders who garlanded the statue of Syama Prasad Mookerjee in Kolkata.

The ruling Trinamool Congress and the BJP hit out at each other on Wednesday over giving due recognition to the illustrious sons of Bengal, as leaders of the two parties paid tributes to Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his death anniversary. BJP state president Dilip Ghosh and West Bengal Transport Minister Firhad Hakim were among several leaders who garlanded the statue of the Jana Sangh founder in Kolkata. "We demand that the mystery involving the death of Syama Prasad Mookerjee be uncovered," Mr Ghosh said. Claiming that regional parties in Bengal have never given the great sons of the state the recognition they deserve, he said the BJP has started working towards it. Meanwhile, Mr Hakim, while garlanding a bust of Mookerjee in south Kolkata, said the policy of the BJP has always been "to use and throw".