Kolkata/IBNS, Feb. 19 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is facing backlash from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders over her "Mrityu Kumbh" comment, got support from Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, the 46th Shankaracharya of the Jyotish Peeth in Uttarakhand.

Banerjee on Tuesday slammed the BJP-led government in Uttar Pradesh over the recent stampede in the ongoing Maha Kumbh and said it has turned into a 'Mrityu Kumbh'.

While BJP leaders from the Centre and quite obviously Bengal strongly condemned her comments claiming to be hurtful to the religious sentiments, Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati Maharaj alleged the Maha Kumbh organisers did not follow proper crowd management processes.

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