Recitation of two lines of Tagore’s iconic poem ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’, which went on to become Bangladesh’s national anthem, during a meeting of the Congress in Assam’s Sribhumi district has snowballed into a political controversy with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma directing police action in the matter and the Congress accusing the ruling BJP of ignorance and insulting Bengali culture.

On Wednesday, Sarma said he has instructed police to take action

against the district Congress committee.

Earlier in the day, BJP ’s Assam unit criticised the Congress, pointing to a video of Vidhu Bhushan Das, a senior citizen member of the party, singing two lines of ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ (My Golden Bengal) in a Sribhumi District Congress Seva Dal meeting earlier this week.

CM Sarma referred to the

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