New Delhi/IBNS, Feb. 26 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal of appeasement politics after the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) scrapped the holiday for Vishwakarma Puja and announced an extra day off for Eid-ul-Fitr.

The KMC, which is headed by Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim, in its notification had scrapped the Vishwakarma Puja holiday but extended the one-day off for Eid to two in Hindi medium KMCP schools.

He added, "An additional day off means a loss of daily wages for Muslims, most of whom work as casual laborers in Bengal. It also deprives Hindus of their rightful observances. Mamata Banerjee's Muslim appeasement is destroying West Bengal's social fabric. If she continues in...