Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, the new Chief Whip of Trinamool Congress in the Lok Sabha and four-time MP from Barasat constituency in North 24 Paragans district of West Bengal, has sparked a row by making a controversial social media post a day before the state is set to celebrate the four-day Durga Puja festival.

Ghosh Dastidar, a medical practitioner in personal life, posted her picture along with the Goddess Durga idol of the puja at her residence, and made a statement claiming that Goddess Durga would destroy those who would try to harm her.

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“I wish everyone a happy Sharadiya. The Goddess, who destroys the demons and whom I worship, is with me. She will destroy those who are trying to harm me. I have never knowingly done anything wrong. As long as the West Bengal Chief Minist

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