Mamata Banerjee Updates Facebook, Twitter Profile Pic Amid Slogan Row

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday changed her profile picture on Twitter and Facebook to 'Jai Hind, Jai Bangla' amid war of words with the BJP, which she has accused of creating unrest in West Bengal by "mixing religion with politics". 
The official handles of Mamata Banerjee's party, the Trinamool Congress, were also changed to 'Jai Hind, Jai Bangla' with pictures of Mahatma Gandhi, revolutionary leaders Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Bhagat Singh, Matangini Hazra, Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore, and rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. Many leaders from her Trinamool Congress, including Derek O'Brien, have also updated their profile pictures.
he updated profile pictures are seen as Trinamool Congress's attempt to counter what it calls the BJP's "misconceived strategy of mixing religion with politics".
 

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