West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said it was "appalling" that Bengali revolutionary poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was being dubbed a "minority icon".
Published : 27 May 2014, 11:31 AM
Inaugurating the Nazrul Tirtha, a cultural and educational centre dedicated to the poet, in the satellite township of New Town, Banerjee asserted that greats like Islam and Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore were beyond any minority or majority labels.