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Oct 06, 2019, 12:47 PM | Updated 12:47 PM IST
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Trinamool MP Nusrat Jahan on Sunday (6 October) offered Ashtami prayers and also played the traditional Dhaak at Kolkata’s prominent Suruchi Sangha Durga Puja, ANI reported.
Nusrat Jahan who is a Member of Parliament from Basirhat was seen offering prayers along with her husband Nikhil Jain, while wearing a Bindi, Sindoor and saree.
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan and husband Nikhil Jain offer prayers at Suruchi Sangha Pandal. #DurgaPuja2019 pic.twitter.com/WF1Dw66Ein
— ANI (@ANI) October 6, 2019
Later she was recorded playing the traditional Dhaak while other participants in the puja looked on joyously.
#WATCH Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan and husband Nikhil Jain play the 'dhaak' at Suruchi Sangha. #DurgaPuja2019 pic.twitter.com/FFOaj4iyBA
— ANI (@ANI) October 6, 2019
Nusrat Jahan had recently faced a backlash Radical Islamist clerics. Soon after taking oath in the Lok Sabha a fatwa was issued against her for wearing sindoor and for not marrying a Muslim.