Daijiworld Media Network - Kolkata

Kolkata, Nov 7: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday after former Karnataka Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri claimed that India’s national anthem was written to welcome the British.

Condemning the statement, West Bengal minister Shashi Panja accused the BJP of being “anti-Bengal” and of deliberately attempting to insult Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, who composed the national anthem.

“The BJP is completely misinformed about nationalism and the national anthem. This is a deliberate insult to Rabindranath Tagore, whom we revere as God in West Bengal. Their idea is to attack Bengal, its culture, and its icons,” Panja said, demanding that the BJP make its stance clear and ask Kage

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