The art that was put on display in an exhibition in Loyola College expressed anti-Hindu sentiments. It depicted Hindu symbols and Bharat Mata in a derogatory manner.
In a huge embarrassment for the ruling Pinarayi Vijayan government in Kerala, a High Court-appointed monitoring committee has slammed Kerala Police for taking unauthorised measures and treating the two woman activists like VIPs to facilitate their entry into the shrine.
Bandyapadhyay's poem had created a massive controversy for hurting the sentiments of Hindus and in March a complaint was also lodged against the poet in Siliguri
On 30th December, a Muslim man, Kabul Miyan was lynched to death by a mob on the suspicion of cow theft in Araria, Bihar. The ghastly incident took place after two cows and a calf was stolen from another Muslim man, Muslim Miyan
Sonia Gandhi has asked Congress MPs to continue their protests in Kerala as part of their local politics and not to protest against women entry in Sabarimala at the national level