Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had hoped to hand over cheques to the Imams of mosques on the dais. But unlike their colleagues in the districts, imams from Kolkata refused to oblige. Minutes before they were to be called upon to queue up near the dais, Maulana Syed Noor Ur Rehman Barkati, Shahi Imam of the Tipu Sultan Mosque in Kolkata walked up to the microphone and announced that it will be below the dignity of the imams – who are religious leaders – to collect the Wazifa or state stipend cheques in this manner. The cheques would have to be sent to their homes, he said.
‘accepting Cheques In Public Below Dignity Of Imams’
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had hoped to hand over cheques to the Imams of mosques on the dais. But unlike their colleagues in the districts,
