Kolkata, Nov. 2 -- Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nameplate has been removed from the main hall of Kolkata's cultural centre Nandan and painted over in orange.

The development comes ahead of the annual Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF). Meanwhile, the plaque bearing the name of her predecessor and former Chief Minister Jyoti Basu remains intact within the premises.

On Sunday, the INDIA bloc held a mega rally at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan against alleged irregularities in electoral rolls and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, with top Opposition leaders, including Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Ba...