Saraswati Puja

A couple of incidents of targeting of the Hindu festival and deities came to light in neighbouring Bangladesh, where Hindus are in the minority.

Hazaribagh has been a hotbed of Islamic violence against Hindus. Be it Ram Navami, Hanuman Jayanti, or Holi, Muslims often come up with trivial excuses like Hindus playing music, or carrying saffron flags, etc, to attack Hindus over the years.

A female student studying at the government-sponsored Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College in South Kolkata has informed that a TMC leader named Daud Alam Molla has threatened them against organising Saraswati Puja.

Vasant Ritu, or the spring season, begins much later than Vasant Panchami. Vasant Panchami, celebrated on Shukla Panchami of the Maagh month, is a part of the winter season.

The atmosphere of fear and intimidation is such that the principal himself is afraid to go to the government college.

Dibakar Acharjee, Joint Secretary of the ABVP unit of the state, said that the organisation strongly opposed any such initiative by educational institutions, hurting religious sentiment.

Presidency University in Kolkata has never allowed Saraswati Puja to be celebrated on campus, but its hostel have organised both the puja and Iftar

Ankit was killed by Mohammad Shahadat and Mohammad Sonu Miyan in Gopalganj, Bihar, over a spat on cricket match.

Several places across Bihar and Jharkhand have reported cases of vandalism, violence, and stone pelting during Saraswati immersion.