BJP neta Locket Chatterjee puts bhaiphonta on forehead of party Bengal chief Samik Bhattacharya on Wednesday
Meanwhile, state minister Dilip Ghosh marked the occasion with 40 Swachh Bharat Mission staff and workers at Singur in Hooghly, at the Solid Waste Management Centre, Plastic Waste Management Centre and Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant.
This is an integral part of our festival tradition to celebrate the loving bonds between brothers and sisters,” Bhattacharya said. “I come here every year to celebrate this occasion with my sisters,” he said. Chatterjee said, “We have taken time out from our busy schedule to celebrate this occasion.
It was the first mega celebration of the bonds between brothers and sisters among BJP functionaries since the party came to govt in the assembly election. Locket Chatterjee and Sashi Agnihotri, the party’s general secretaries in Bengal, along with other women members, put phonta on the foreheads of state president Samik Bhattacharya and other members, including health minister Sharadwat Mukherjee and IT and technology, food processing and horticulture minister Kalyan Chakraborty, who blessed them as part of the ritual. “Unlike what we saw in the past, bhaiphonta has turned into a big event this year. I pray for the wellbeing of my brothers and sisters in the state. With this bond, we will move ahead for the progress of the state.
Earlier, Bhattacharya attended a family bhaiphonta event with his sisters on Dr Sarat Banerjee Road in the city. Kolkata: BJP functionaries celebrated bhaiphonta at their Salt Lake party office on Wednesday afternoon.