Kolkata, Feb. 19 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday expressed shock over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reference to Ramakrishna Paramahamsadeva, criticising his use of the prefix "Swami" instead of the traditional "Thakur" while paying tribute on the saint's birth anniversary, calling it a display of "cultural insensitivity" towards Bengal's revered spiritual figures.

In a post on X, Banerjee said, "Shocked again! Yet again, our Prime Minister aggressively displays his cultural insensitivity to great figures of Bengal. Today is the janmatithi of Yugavatara (God's incarnation in our age) Sri Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsadeva. While trying to hail the great saint on this occasion, our PM added an unprecedented and imp...