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Bengal: Santiniketan house of Abanindranath Tagore partially demolished, BJP flays ruling TMC

Kolkata, June 3 (UNI) The partial demolition of a heritage house once associated with legendary painter Abanindranath Tagore in Santiniketan of West Bengal's Birbhum district, has triggered a political hue and cry with the main opposition BJP accusing the Trinamool Congress government of "failing to protect" the state's cultural identity.
The Trinamool Congress-run Bolpur Municipality, on its part has vowed to take action against those responsible for the partial demolition of the house named 'Awas',
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