Kolkata, Nov 8 (PTI) Alleging that a BJP MP of Karnataka has insulted Rabindranath Tagore-penned national anthem 'Jana Gana Mana', the Trinamool Congress on Saturday held a protest at Jorasanko Thakurbari, the ancestral house of the Tagore family in Kolkata.

A controversy has erupted after Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri claimed that the country's national anthem was written "to welcome the British official".

Kageri made the remarks while addressing an event in Honnavar, to mark 150 years of 'Vande Mataram', the national song.

"We are deeply pained at the insult of Bengal's intellectuals. We will not tolerate such acts by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)," senior TMC minister Shashi Panja said, addressing a gathering outside the Thakurbari after garlanding a bust of Tagore inside the premises.

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