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West Bengal to imprison anyone insulting monks or saints

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  • West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said his government will imprison anyone who insults monks or saints.
  • He announced a December 29 Bhagavad Gita recital for roughly 10 lakh people, expecting RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.
  • Around 11,000 participants recited the Bhagavad Gita at Kolkata’s Netaji Indoor Stadium.
  • He said effigies of Dhirendra Shastri (Bageshwar Baba) were burned and arrests were made that night.