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Bankim Chandra’s kin Sumitro Chatterjee writes to Sonia Gandhi, seeks apology

Ba kim Cha d a's ki  Sumit o Chatte jee w ites to So ia Ga dhi, seeks apology


The
co t ove sy
e upted
afte
a
video
f om
Co g ess’s
Aug
15
fu ctio
showed
So ia
gestu i g
a d
speaki g
to
pa ty
p eside t
Kha ge.

NEW
DELHI:
The
ow
ove
the
full
e ditio
of

Va de
Mata am
at
Co g ess
headqua te s
o
I depe de ce
Day
acqui ed
a
Ba kim
Cha d a
co ectio ,
with
BJP
MLA
Sumit o
Chatte jee,
a
di ect
desce da t
of
the
atio al
so g’s
autho ,
w iti g
to

So ia
Ga dhi
Satu day
a d
dema di g
a
u co ditio al
apology
to
the
cou t y.The
co t ove sy
e upted
afte
a
video
f om
Co g ess’s
Aug
15
fu ctio
showed
So ia
gestu i g
a d
speaki g
to
pa ty
p eside t
Mallika ju
Kha ge
while
the
full
ve sio
of
Va de
Mata am
was
bei g
su g.I
his
lette ,
Chatte jee
said
the
episode
had
left
him
with
“deep
pai ,
empti ess
a d
a guish”,
allegi g
So ia’s
“physical
gestu es”
eflected
“u ease,
impatie ce
a d
epeated
attempts
to
stop”
the
so g.
He
said
the
eactio
hu t
him
ot
o ly
as
a
citize
but
as
a
di ect
desce da t
of
Ba kim
Cha d a
Chattopadhyay.
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