Kolkata, Oct. 23 -- Bookstalls set up by the BJP and various organisations aligned with the saffron camp recorded sales exceeding Rs 2 crore across West Bengal during Durga Puja, marking a significant rise in demand for political literature during the first Durga Puja under the BJP government in the state.
Books on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee, founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, were among the bestsellers, according to BJP leaders. Publications chronicling Modi's 25 years in public life as an administrator, along with biographies of Mookerjee and accounts of his political philosophy and contribution to the Kashmir issue, attracted considerable interest.
Around 2,500 bookstalls were set up by the saffron cam...