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KOLKATA: Congress president Rahul Gandhi may not be able to make it to the Durga Puja celebrations in Kolkata despite giving his initial nod to requests from West Bengal Congress leaders during a meeting in New Delhi.West Bengal Pradesh Congress president Somen Mitra doesn’t see a chance of Gandhi’s coming to the College Square Durga Puja following the announcement of assembly polls in five states. The Bengal BJP, on the other hand, claimed it as the party’s success of making leaders flaunt their Hindu identity when BJP was making dents in Bengal politics. BJP, on the other hand, had mocked at Rahul Gandhi over his temple visits during the Gujarat assembly polls. These are all because people across the country and also in West Bengal are listening to our views,” BJP state general secretary Sayantan Basu said.The West Bengal Pradesh Congress president, however, didn’t want to read much into the Congress president’s proposed Kolkata visit during Durga Puja. Now that the elections have been announced, he will be busy with the campaign and selection of candidates for the polls..