The Bharatiya Janata Occasion and Trinamool Congress continued to commerce fees towards one another over an objectionable assertion by Union minister Giriraj Singh towards West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Singh stirred up an issue after he criticised Banerjee for shaking a leg with celebrities on the Kolkata Worldwide Movie Competition.
The Trinamool Congress registered its protest towards the BJP chief’s assertion saying “even when he apologises, it is too much less.”
The BJP nonetheless backed its minister as occasion chief Suvendu Adhikari mentioned that it was not a private assault and that all the state together with the Chief Minister have been concerned in corruption.
#WATCH | Kolkata: On Union Minister Giriraj Singh’s comment over West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari says, “…It was not a private assault. The CM & all the state is steeped in corruption…I assist his assertion…” pic.twitter.com/9vXE2VwPBQ
— ANI (@ANI) December 7, 2023
“…It was not a private assault. The CM & all the state is steeped in corruption…I assist his assertion,” mentioned Adhikari.
TMC Levels Protest, Shiv Sena Too Speaks Up
Employees of the Trinamool Congress on Thursday staged a protest towards Singh for his assertion. Members of the TMC Mahila Morcha wore placards and chanted slogans through the protest in Kolkata.
TMC Mahila Morcha employees stage protest in Kolkata towards Union Minister Giriraj Singh for his purported remarks on West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. pic.twitter.com/uTkCozAaSn
— Press Belief of India (@PTI_News) December 7, 2023
In Delhi, TMC MP Mahua Moitra known as out Singh charging the BJP ministers to be “misogynist” and “patriarchal”.
“…Such shameless ministers can say such issues towards the one girl Chief Minister, that’s the reason that is the situation of India,” she mentioned.
“The BJP Authorities and BJP ministers are all misogynist and patriarchal, and so they dislike girls…He ought to apologise however he’s so shameless that he will not…” the TMC MP mentioned.
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi additionally backed CM Mamata Banerjee saying Singh ought to apologise for his assertion.
“Giriraj Singh’s assertion displays the anti-women mindset of the BJP. The way in which he mentioned a few sitting CM, we aren’t right here to take classes from him. He ought to apologise to Mamata Banerjee,” mentioned Chaturvedi.