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This Durga puja, Bengal police will be on their toes to ensure that people shake a leg to Didi's songs played at each police station.

While many within the Trinamool Congress (TMC) are surprised with this step, sources say Mamata will be consciously seen celebrating Durga Puja at multiple venues this year to change her image in Bengal where Hindutva outfits have grown in stature in recent years.  

This, even as Mamata Banerjee initiated stipend for imams and muezzins soon after assuming power in 2011, which makes the already poor state exchequer incur a cost in crores
 

She blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for trying to disturb peace during its 12-hour shutdown and praised the state administration for "foiling attempts" to disrupt normal life in Bengal.

The bandh has brought entire Islampur to a standstill with at least four buses burnt down. Trains were also stopped at many places including at Canning