West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after two non-vegetarian food vendors were assaulted during a Bhagavad Gita recital event in Kolkata. Addressing a public gathering in Krishnanagar, she said the state would not tolerate intimidation, communal provocation or policing of food choices. Declaring firmly that “This is West Bengal, not Uttar Pradesh,” she assured strict action against those responsible. Banerjee said the police arrested all the accused within hours. “They beat up poor patty sellers. We arrested everyone last night. In every gathering, hawkers sell some food or the other. You have beaten a poor hawker. I will not spare anyone who harasses the poor,” she added as per news agency PTI.
