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Chandi Path Recited Outside CPIM Bengal Headquarters Ahead of Durga Puja
- •A group of people recited verses from the Chandi Path outside the CPIM state committee headquarters in Kolkata.
- •Participants claimed the event was a response to alleged insults against Sanatan Dharma by the Left party.
- •Senior CPIM leader Sujan Chakraborty mocked the programme, stating party workers could teach them how to properly recite the verses.
- •The event featured several women chanting verses through microphones to assert their right to practice religion near an atheist-aligned party office.
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A group of people held the Chandi Path recitation near the CPI(M) state committee headquarters on Alimuddin Street to protest what they claimed was the Left party's insult to Sanatan Dharma and to assert their right to practice religion near an office traditionally associated with atheism.
Senior CPI(M) leader Sujan Chakraborty mocked the programme and questioned the participants' recitation style, claiming party workers could teach them how to properly recite the verses. Meanwhile, state secretary Mohammad Selim dismissed the event as being organized by hired signboard groups with ties to the BJP and Sangh Parivar.
The 'Chandi Path', also called Durga Saptashati or Devi Mahatmya, is a Hindu religious text that describes Goddess Durga's victory over the demon Mahishasura and is traditionally recited during Navratri celebrations.
