India: BJP plays with Religious events for propaganda; Now 'Modified' Durga Puja Pandals in Bihar

Narendra Modi to be given God-like presence at Bihar puja pandals

Puja pandals and politics have been strange bedfellows in eastern India, particularly in West Bengal. In the 1980s, images of the Bofors guns were put up at puja pandals, a Bihar politician recalled.

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