Political tensions in West Bengal intensified on Thursday as posters surfaced across Salt Lake announcing plans to build a Ram temple complex on the eastern edge of the metropolis. The posters stated that the project would include a school, hospital, old age home, and additional welfare facilities.
They were attributed to BJP leader and former local unit president Sanjay Poyra and were seen in areas such as City Centre, Karunamoyee, and other prominent sections of Bidhannagar.
The posters declared that a Ram temple similar to the Ayodhya structure would be constructed on a four bigha plot and invited local residents to contribute Re 1 each towards the initiative. This development follows the recent foundation laying of a Babri Masjid styled mosque by suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir in Rejinagar, Murshidabad, on December 6, the anniversary of the 1992 demolition. The event was held under tight security.
On the same day, the BJP organised a separate ceremony in Manindra Nagar of Banjatiya, also in Murshidabad, where groundwork for a Ram temple was initiated. Local leaders used the occasion to criticise Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for what they described as appeasement politics. With Salt Lake entering the political arena, the confrontation has moved closer to the administrative hub of the state, intensifying the symbolic significance of the ongoing contest.
Speaking to reporters, Poyra described the temple initiative as a social and spiritual movement inspired by the concept of Ram Rajya.
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