After Modi’s Visva-Bharati address, Mamata’s show of strength at Santiniketan

Iterating that the BJP is a "party of outsiders", West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday asserted that the land of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore will never allow hate politics to triumph over secularism. (Express photo: Partha Paul)

Describing Shah's recent visit to folk singer Basudeb Baul's residence for lunch as nothing short of "show off", Banerjee claimed that the food items served to the BJP leader were cooked at five-star hotels. In pic: Basudeb Das Baul during Mamata's rally in Bolpur on Tuesday. (Express photo by Partha Paul)

Banerjee, during a rally in Bolpur, branded Visva-Bharati VC Bidyut Chakrabarty as a "BJP man", and said that he plans to destroy the rich heritage of the hallowed institution by "importing divisive and communal politics inside its campus". (Express photo: Partha Paul)

Members of Baul, priest and tribal community at Mamata's rally in Bolpur. (Express photo by Partha Paul)

Hitting out at Visva-Bharati VC, the feisty TMC supremo said "attempts to destroy Tagore's cultural abode have to be resisted with all might". (Express photo: Partha Paul)

"I feel bad when I see efforts are on to pursue communal politics at Visva-Bharati. The VC there is a BJP man, he is trying to tarnish the heritage of this institution by practising communal politics," the chief minister said following a 4-km roadshow. (Express photo: Partha Paul)

Talking about the recent defections from the TMC, Banerjee said saffron camp may have bought a few MLAs, but it can never buy her party. (Express photo: Partha Paul)