'Cultural fascism in West Bengal...,' Hema Malini’s big charge against Mamata Banerjee

BJP MP Hema Malini has written to the Speaker alleging "cultural fascism" in West Bengal and how it is a "security risk" and also has "negative" impact on livelihoods. She says, "West Bengal is the land that gave birth to luminaries like Rabindranath Tagore and Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay; West Bengal used to be the cultural capital. Today, there is nothing of that sort there; people are struggling to protect & preserve their art. For the past 8–9 years, it has become extremely difficult for me to go to Kolkata for our programs; the straightforward reason for this is that they refuse to provide security."