Kolkata, Feb. 18 -- Following West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's controversial remark calling Maha Kumbh 2025 "Mrityu Kumbh," leaders across different political and religious backgrounds have strongly condemned her statement.

Swami Jitendranand Saraswati, National General Secretary of Akhil Bhartiya Sant Samiti, expressed the organization's disapproval, saying, "Akhil Bhartiya Sant Samiti condemns the statement of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee that Maha Kumbh is 'Mrityu Kumbh'... The way Hindus of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha, and I should say Eastern India have been coming here for the 'Amrit snan', it is natural for you to be restless. I feel that the upcoming assembly elections of West Bengal will prove to be a 'Mr...