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By the time she got immobilised and confined to a hospital bed in Kolkata following a mishap at the hustings which the TMC alleged was a conspiracy to "take her life" and the BJP a "well-scripted drama", the TMC boss had visited 12 temples in two days.
However, later the alliance agreed to leave the seat for the CPI(M) which fielded its youth wing DYFI's state president Minakshi Mukherjee, much to the relief of the TMC.
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Comments Is secularism truly dead and buried in the country? There was a time when the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru objected to the then President of India Rajendra Prasad going to attend the inauguration of the Somnath Temple. His logic was that India is a secular country and the head of the republic should not be seen attending a religious function. Rajendra Prasad did not listen to Nehru. He attended the function which led to a debate over whether or not religion should be confined to the private space and whether or not the State should not involve itself in any capacity.
Suvendu Adhikari, who will take on Mamata Banerjee in the high-voltage Nandigram seat, said the TMC supremo had now stopped chanting "Inshallah" and "Khuda Hafiz".