Kolkata, June 26 -- Union Minister and West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar asserted that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is "politicising" Lord Jagannath and claimed that Rath Yatra in Digha was being organised for vote bank politics.

"Organising a Rath Yatra is not the job of any government. Jagannath Puri is different, and it happens there, but Mamata Banerjee is doing this to divide the Hindu vote bank. Mamata Banerjee thinks that as the Hindu votes are slipping away from her, her rule will end, and she can do anything to maintain it. This is all political; Mamata Banerjee has politicised Lord Jagannath. Our stand is that wherever the BJP is present, it will participate in the Rath Yatra."

Earlier, CM Mamata Banerje...