West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses Muslims after they offered prayers at the Red Road on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr in Kolkata, Tuesday, May 3, 2022.
PTI pictureAfter a gap of two years, people offered namaz of Eid-ul-Fitr on Red Road in Calcutta and Eid prayers were conducted on Tuesday morning. As Covid cases have dipped across Bengal, the state government has allowed the offering of namaz on Red Road for Eid in 2022.
Describing the current situation in the country as "not fine", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday asserted that the "politics of isolation" going on in the country is not welcome.
Participating in the prayer for Eid-ul-Fitr held on a rain-drenched Red Road here, Banerjee urged the people gathered there not to be scared but to be united for a better future.
"The situation in the country is not fine. The policy of divide and rule and politics of isolation going on in the country are not correct. Do not be scared and keep on fighting," she said.
Addressing a gathering of around 14,000 people for the Eid prayer on Red Road, Banerjee assured them that "neither I nor my party nor my government will do anything which will make you sad".
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FacebookMuslims offer prayers amid rains on the Red Road on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr
PTI pictureWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew and TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee leave after greeting Muslims on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr
PTI pictureMuslims offer sweets to police officials after offering prayer outside a mosque on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr
PTI pictureMuslims cover themselves with a plastic sheet as they prepare to offer prayers amid rains
PTI pictureMuslim offer prayers amid rains
PTI pictureA Muslim man carries a child as they returns home after offering prayers at the Red Road
PTI pictureMuslims exchange greetings after offering prayers at the Red Road
PTI pictureMuslim children express patriotic gesture while celebrating the festival
PTI pictureMamata Banerjee addresses Muslims after they offered prayers at the Red Road
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