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Updated June 19th, 2019 at 16:26 IST

Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool leaders change Twitter, Facebook display with Vidyasagar's photo after BJP-TMC clashes

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and several top TMC leaders have changed their Facebook and Twitter display picture (DP) with photo of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and several top TMC leaders have changed their Facebook and Twitter display picture (DP) with photo of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar on Wednesday to protest the desecration of the bust of the noted reformer and key figure of the Bengal Renaissance.

Twitter page of Mamata Banerjee:

Derek O'Brien Twitter page:

Trinamool Congress's official profile on Twitter and Facebook was also changed with a picture of Vidyasagar.

(TMC Twitter page)

(TMC Facebook page)

Read: CPI(M)'s Sitaram Yechury Attacks Trinamool And BJP Over Clashes At Amit Shah's Kolkata Rally, Targets BJP-RSS Over Vidyasagar's Statue Being Vandalised

Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to take out a protest rally on Wednesday to protest the smashing of the bust of the social reformer by alleged BJP activists in north Kolkata on Tuesday.

Launching a scathing attack on BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday, Banerjee had said, "What does Amit Shah think of himself? Is he above everything? Is he God that no one can protest against him?" 

Banerjee said this after supporters of the BJP and the TMC fought pitched battles on the streets of Kolkata during a roadshow by Shah.

A college named after Iswarchandra Vidyasagar, a key figure in the Bengal Renaissance, was ransacked and a bust of the 19th century social reformer shattered allegedly by BJP workers during the clashes.

The CPI(M) has also called for protest rallies against the incident.

The intellectuals of the city will take out a protest march from College street on Wednesday evening.

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Published May 15th, 2019 at 11:48 IST

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