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The recommendations never said to do away with the works of Rabindranath Tagore,” state BJP secretary Sayantan Basu said. “The recommendations stated that along with Rabindranath Tagore, works of Swami Vivekananda, Rishi Arobindo and Bankim Chanda Chattopadhyay should be a part of what we teach students. (File)DAYS AFTER an RSS-affiliated organisation recommended removing works of Rabindranath Tagore from NCERT textbooks, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, while expressing shock over the issue on Tuesday, said West Bengal will fight against any such move. This comes at a time when Bengal BJP unit and RSS dubbed the news report as “malicious propaganda”. Trinamool Congress leaders also seemed to be prepared to take on the BJP and RSS over the issue..