West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday unveiled a bust of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar at the Hare School ground. Trinamool Congress leaders, ministers in the West Bengal government, as well as some spiritual leaders, attended the event to mark the unveiling of social-reformer Vidyasagar’s bust. Moreover, the TMC chief will march to Vidyasagar College to participate in the re-installation event of the bust. The bust of Vidyasagar, a 19th-century social reformer, was vandalised in clashes between BJP and TMC workers at Vidyasagar College during BJP president Amit Shah’s roadshow on May 14. Metropolitan College was later renamed as Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar College, the place where its founder’s bust was smashed in May this year.

Source: Hindustan Times June 11, 2019 08:26 UTC