Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) West Bengal unit president Sukant Majumdar has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi may attend an event in Kolkata in December. In this, about one lakh people will recite Shri Bhagavad Gita together. The BJP President said that the ‘Ek Lakh Geeta Path’ program will be organized on December 24 at the Brigade Parade Ground in the center of the city. He said, ‘We have invited Prime Minister Modi to attend the program and he has accepted our invitation. On that day, one lakh people will recite Bhagavad Gita together. The BJP leader said that many religious groups have come together to organize this event. Majumdar claimed that it would be a non-political program. Invitations to attend the event will also be sent to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Governor CV Anand Bose and other personalities of the state. Majumdar said that this program has nothing to do with BJP and we are not organizing it. However, the ruling party Trinamool Congress (TMC) claimed that this program is being organized strategically keeping in mind the Lok Sabha elections of 2024.
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TMC chief spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said that as the Lok Sabha elections are approaching, it is quite natural that BJP leaders will visit the state frequently. We have seen this trend before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and the 2021 Assembly elections. But, this will not benefit BJP in any way. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP won 18 out of 42 seats in the state, while TMC won 22 seats. Congress had won two seats.