TMC Slams West Bengal BJP Chief Over Alleged 'Slap' Remark Against Mamata Banerjee (image: twitter.com/DrSukantaBJP/)
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday slammed West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar for allegedly advocating physical violence, especially a slap, against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
TMC MP Mahua Moitra called the incident as “shameful” and remarked it reflects the depth to which BJP can sink.
“The head of the Bengal BJP who”s also an MP has just publicly made a speech where he calls for physical violence to be used against the chief minister of Bengal Mamata Banerjee. It is absolutely shameful and just shows the depths to which the BJP can sink,” Mahua Moitra said in a video statement.
“While PM @narendramodi keeps talking about Nari Shakti, his Bengal State President has called for the public to slap our Hon”ble Chief Minister.”
Our leader, Smt. @MahuaMoitra denounced @DrSukantaBJP“s outrageous remark against Smt. @MamataOfficial and called for a public… pic.twitter.com/D1cd1e9yiO
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) January 29, 2024
The TMC leader accused the BJP of being a party that disrespects women. She then demanded an apology from the West Bengal BJP chief and urged party members to denounce his comments.
“The prime minister keeps talking about Nari Shakti. Prime Minister your head of the BJP in Bengal has just called for the public to slap the chief minister. We”ve never heard of something so outrageous. We expect an apology from your misogynist patriarchal help in Bengal and we would also expect everyone in your party to come out and denounce these comments…,” she added.
On Monday, TMC in their official social media handle shared 8-second video footage of a public speech of the state BJP head exhorting physical violence against Mamata Banerjee.
.@BJP4Bengal State President @DrSukantaBJP has crossed all lines of decency.
Pandering to his puppet masters in Delhi has blinded him and made him so devoid of values that he now shamelessly encourages physical violence against the only woman Chief Minister of India.
This is… pic.twitter.com/8ahXvY9KFy
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) January 29, 2024
“This is not just an insult to Mamata Banerjee but an affront to women everywhere,” TMC tweeted.
They further added that BJP is “nothing but a party of anti-women, chauvinistic and misogynistic hooligans who have no respect for the dignity of women!”
