But the cartoon has offended sentiments of Ramakrishna followers, who are saying it should be erased. The cartoons can be seen on walls in Elgin Road, Harish Mukherjee Road, Cossipore, Munshibazaar, Beleghata, Lake Town and Howrah localities. Incidentally, one of the senior Trinamool leaders, Ajit Panja, has gained widespread popularity by playing the character of Ramakrishna in a stage show. Ramakrishna was born in West Bengal's Kamarpukur village on February 18, 1836. He died on August 15, 1886.
Political parties have no right to hurt public sentiments.
It is absolutely in bad taste. The sweeping criticism of the controversial cartoon has put the Communists in a spot. We had no intention of hurting anybody's sentiments. The Election Commission has ordered that all poll graffiti be erased from public walls before the polls. Most parties agree that most political graffiti is tantamount to visual pollution, but they also say there is no alternative to these larger than life and picturesque graffiti so far as publicity is concerned.