00:00There is lots of controversies after the Dhirendra Shastri of Bageshwar Dham has made a comment
00:09on Bengali people.
00:11As we all know that in Haora Lilua Bageshwar Baba that is Dhirendra Shastri conducted
00:18his own sabha over there and after that what happened he made a comment on Bengalis that
00:26the Bengali people are Pakhandi as they consume meat and fish during Durga Puja but he asked
00:35people that not to consume meat and fish during Durga Puja or Navratri and after that what
00:41happened the controversy erupted because there is a ritual and a culture of having fish and
00:49meat and also giving bhog to Maa Kali as well as Maa Durga during Durga Puja as well as Kali
00:57Puja.
00:57And this is the ritual that is going on through the years and if we see several temples over
01:06here in West Bengal like Kali Ghat temple, Dakshineshwar temple or Tara Peet which are the Sati Peets
01:13were told by the saints that in this Sati Peets and the temples we offer Maa Kali and Maa
01:23Durga fish and meat and that is the controversy after that political reactions comes in this
01:32controversy as CPIM as well as Trinamul congress and congress has already launched attack to
01:40Bageshwar Baba as well as to the West Bengal government.
01:44As we have seen that Shubendu Adhikari did dinner with Bageshwar Baba and several ministers
01:50of West Bengal met him after that controversial comment and what we are learning right now
01:58is congress has already given one police complaint against hurting the sentiments of the Bengalis
02:04against Bageshwar Baba and also right now the CPIM and Trinambul congress are also saying
02:12the same thing that the sentiment of the Bengali, the ritual, the culture has been hurt by Bageshwar Baba.
02:19But right now BJP has also defended the government of West Bengal, ministers have also defended this thing
02:26and they said that people have no boundaries, they can eat anything as we all know that during Durga Puja
02:35what happened, people comes into the road, they go for pandal hopping, they go to eat in several restaurants
02:43as these 4-5 days are the most enjoyable day in Bengal and the most the people of the Bengal
02:50enjoys this Durga Puja
02:52as this is the favourite and biggest festival of West Bengal.
02:56So right now the ministers like Dilip Ghosh, Agni Mitra Paul and also BJP State President Shamik Bhattacharya
03:04has already cleared it that we will eat meat and fish whenever it required and whenever we wish to
03:13and we will not eat veg and that's the ritual of the Bengali pujas and Kali puja and Durga puja
03:22as we offer meat and fish to the goddesses as well.
03:26So right now the controversy has erupted and political scenario is also going long after the comment of Dhirendra Shastri.
