BJP plans 1,500 book stalls across Bengal during Durga Puja

Kolkata, Oct. 13 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is planning to put up around 1,500 book stalls across West Bengal during the upcoming Durga Puja.

BJP state vice-president Amitabha Ray, who is overseeing the initiative, said stalls would be placed near major and popular Puja pandals.

Party sources said the organisational target was to put up at least 100 stalls in each district, with the BJP also preparing Assembly constituency-wise plans.

In rural areas, some gram panchayats could have multiple book-selling centres and assistance camps.

The stalls will carry books on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Syama Prasad Mukherjee, the BJP and RSS, nationalist and Hindu thought, the Ram temple movement and other political movements.

The BJP w...