Final Nail in the Communist Coffin! Portraits of Marx, Mao and Ho Chi Minh removed from Kolkata school
The portraits were installed during the Communist rule in West Bengal. Yet, for 15 years, the TMC government did not bother to remove them.
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In a significant development from southern Kolkata, portraits of Communist icons Karl Marx, Mao Zedong and Ho Chi Minh were removed from a school on Wednesday. The move marks another visible sign of West Bengal moving away from the ideological symbols that once had a deep presence in the state.
From the political landscape to classrooms, the small roots of communism are steadily being removed, signalling a new chapter for Bengal. The portraits were installed during the Communist rule in West Bengal. Yet, for 15 years, the TMC government did not bother to remove them.
Sudipta De, the principal of the Lake View School in Dhakuria, said, "The portraits had been on the school's walls for a long time. They have been removed after objections were raised.".
Finally !!!
— BJP Sashi Kumar Subramony 🇮🇳 (@BjpSashi) October 1, 2026
Salute to the nationalist teachers who removed Mao Tse-Tung & Karl Marx portraits from a Dhakuria school.
After 15 years of TMC inaction, this is a welcome correction.
Bengal’s schools belong to Netaji & Swami Vivekananda—not foreign Communist icons. https://t.co/nX0Uh7rXYw
Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh's (ABRSM's) Kolkata president Pradip Pal said they had objected to foreign political leaders' portraits at the school when photos of President Droupadi Murmu and former president APJ Abdul Kalam were allegedly not displayed there.
He claimed the portrait of Mao, founder of the People's Republic of China, was displayed near the school entrance, while a photo of Marx, the co-author of the Communist Manifesto, was in the staff room. Vietnamese communist revolutionary Ho Chi Minh's portrait was hung outside the principal's room, Pal said.
This is a strong and necessary step, West Bengal schools should not be displaying pictures of individuals who have no meaningful connection to India, its history, or its heritage.