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Bengal CM Adhikari joins ‘Mach Bhog’ at Kalighat

By Sohail Khan 12 September 2026, 10:40 pm

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West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari ate Mach Bhog at Kalighat temple. This action sent a clear message regarding non-veg food near pandals. Dhirendra Shastri had appealed to avoid non-veg food during Navaratri. Opposition parties protested Shastri's appeal and his effigy was burned. BJP leaders stated food choices are personal matters for citizens.

West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari was seen having 'Mach Bhog' at Kalighat temple in Kolkata, sending a direct message to the people of the state that the government and the BJP have no intention of banning non-veg food near pandals during Durga Puja.

Last week, Adhikari offered a grand welcome to Dhirendra Shastri, known as 'Bageshwar Dham Baba', who was in the state to hold his religious programmes. At one such programme in Howrah, Shastri appealed to people of the state to avoid consuming non-veg food near puja pandals during Navaratri.

Also Read: Bengal BJP minister backs non-veg during Durga Puja, pushes back against Bageshwar Baba

His appeal met with resistance from opposition parties, including Congress. Congress workers held protests in different parts of the state, where they also tried to burn the effigy of Dhirendra Shastri. Chief Minister Adhikari, during the Assembly session, strongly criticised those protesting against Shastri and even called for their arrests.

However, as the protest and dissent over freedom of food choices grew in the state, Adhikari was on the back foot. Several BJP leaders, including state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya, went on to say that food choices are purely a matter for the people of West Bengal and that no outsider can give them instructions on what to eat and what not to.

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