Jagran Correspondent, Kolkata | West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, while speaking at the inauguration of Ganesh Puja in Kestopur, Kolkata, on Saturday, shared his painful memories of his family's displacement in the past. He said Chinmoy Krishna Das of ISKCON Pundrik Dham, who was jailed in Bangladesh for nearly two years, got only five hours of parole on the death of his mother and the tears that flowed from his eyes during the last darshan hurt him.

"Being a Hindu, my mother had to flee to India, wrapped in nothing but a cloak, holding her father's hand," he recalled, adding that Chinmoy Prabhu's suffering has shaken the hearts of Sanatanis.

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The Chief Minister mentioned that Bharat Kesari Dr Shyama Prasad Mookerjee and Bharat Sevashram Sangh founder Swami Pranvanand played an important role in protecting Bengali Hindus and creating a separate homeland for them. He said that if Bengal had not merged with India due to the efforts of Mookerjee and Swami Pranvanand, then today their (Bengali Hindus) condition could also have been like that of Chinmoy Prabhu.

CM Suvendu Recalls His Mother's Memories

Sharing the painful memories of his personal life, the chief minister said that his mother, Gayatri Devi, was originally from East Bengal (now Bangladesh). His maternal grandfather had to migrate with the family to India due to alleged persecution by religious fanatics during the Partition. Shubhendu said that being a Hindu, his mother also had to flee from there with his father in one cloth.

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Referring to Chinmay Prabhu's recent release on parole for just a few hours after the death of his mother and his becoming emotional during the last rites, he said that the scene was extremely painful for the Sanatan community.

Expressing concern over the condition of Hindu minorities in Bangladesh, he said that such incidents bring back memories of the suffering that Hindu families had to go through at the time of partition.

(With Inputs From Rajeev Kumar Jha)