Jaya Ahsan sets off a puja political storm: BJP seethes, TMC swoons

What began as a dazzling cultural showcase turned into a full-blown political melodrama and at the centre of it all stood one woman: Jaya Ahsan. The Bangladeshi superstar, celebrated for her artistry on both sides of the border, took the stage at the Durgapur Durga Puja Carnival on Saturday, October 4, as a special guest, serenading thousands with a hauntingly beautiful Rabindra Sangeet. The crowd swayed, the lights shimmered and then the politics exploded. By dawn, the BJP’s Durgapur unit was in outrage mode. Their grievance? That a “foreign national” had been given a prime spot at a Hindu religious festival. Within hours, saffron flags were replaced by black ones. Party workers formed human chains, shouted slogans, and in an...