NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday prayed at Thanthania Kalibari – one of the crucial few abodes of goddess Kali the place meat is obtainable as ‘prasad’ – prior to his roadshow in Kolkata in what political circles interpreted as his emphatic sign to electorate to dispel TMC’s projection of BJP as a ‘north Indian birthday party’ steeped in vegetarianism and uneasy with Bengal’s meals behavior rooted in non-vegetarian foods.Thanthania Kalibari, the place the deity is worshipped as Maa Siddheshwari, is without doubt one of the oldest and maximum respected Kali temples of Kolkata and is thought to had been frequented by way of Ramakrishna Paramahansa, the place he sang hymns to the goddess.CM Mamata Banerjee has led TMC’s fee that if elected to administrative center, BJP will search to curb the state’s meat-eating meals behavior and change them with the follow of north Indian states, the place non-vegetarian meal intake is frowned upon throughout religiously auspicious days.Her projection of BJP as a birthday party of outsiders unfamiliar to Bengali values has been central to her political assaults, pushing the nationwide birthday party to make concerted efforts to dispel the narrative.BJP functionaries, together with MP Anurag Thakur, had shared their footage dining ‘maach-bhat’ throughout their marketing campaign in Bengal.The discuss with of Modi, himself a vegetarian who observes fasting throughout Navratras, to the temple will pressure the message house, BJP hopes.This tradition of non-vegetarian ‘prasad’ was once began by way of Ramakrishna Paramahansa, probably the most respected religious figures within the state. When he fell ill, his fans prayed on the temple for his fast restoration, serving non-vegetarian ‘prasad’ to the deity.