Kolkata Diary | CM to review prep for Gangasagar mela
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold a meeting with her cabinet colleagues, chief secretary, home secretary, DGP and senior officials at the state secretariat, Nabanna, on Monday to review preparations for the Gangasagar mela to be held mid-January in South 24 Parganas district. Lakhs of Hindu pilgrims from across the country gather at the fair ground every year on Makar Sankranti to take holi dip at Gangasagar. The fair is likely to draw a bigger turnout this time in the absence of other mega religious festivals like Kumbh Mela, said officials. Its learnt that the CM will distribute responsibilities related to the Gangasagar event among senior ministers. She will also visit Gangasagar to review the situation. Chicken patty sellers beaten up, three held Kolkata Police arrested three people on Wednesday night on charge of beating up two Muslim chicken patty sellers during the Gita recital programme at Brigade Parade Ground on December 7. A video of the incident went viral on social media. Top BJP leaders, including state party chief Samik Bhattacharya, Union MoS for Education Sukanta Majumder and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, attended the Gita recital programme, besides thousands of sadhus. The assault incident prompted lawyer Sayan Banerjee, also a CPI-M leader, to lodge an FIR against some unknown persons. After verifying the video footage, police arrested the accused. Governor wants to vote in Bengal Assembly polls Changing his earlier decision, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose wants to be a voter of the state. On Thursday, poll officials along with a BLO visited Lok Bhavan and gave Bose SIR documents, so that he could become a voter in Bengal. Conventionally a governor votes in the state where he or she is posted. This convention has been going on in Bengal for years. But Bose used to vote in Kerala, his home state, after he became the Bengal governor in 2022. This time he changed the decision and will cast his vote in Bengal assembly polls. Subhendu Maiti Our correspondent in West Bengal subhendu.maiti@newindianexpress.com
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