Siliguri, Oct. 24 -- A controversy over books displayed at CPI(M) stalls during the Durga Puja festivities in Siliguri triggered a political confrontation, with the Left parties taking out a rally on Saturday evening and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) organising counter-demonstrations at three locations in the town.
The Left rally, in which leaders and supporters of CPI(M) and SUCI participated, raised slogans calling for books to be saved and read. The mobilisation followed alleged attacks on CPI(M) book stalls in different parts of the state, including an incident on Hill Cart Road in Siliguri.
According to accounts of the incident, the trouble began after an RSS member purchased a book on Syama Prasad Mookerjee from a CPI(M) sta...