Kolkata: With the black poster controversy showing no signs of abating, Suvendu Adhikari, Leader of the Opposition in the Bengal Legislative Assembly, has urged Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, along with a delegation of Hindu saints, to protest against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra’s remarks on Goddess Kali. Called to lodge a protest. , Earlier, the official Twitter handle of the Governor of West Bengal said in a tweet, “200+ delegation of #MAAKaali Sadhu Sant Samaj President, Mecheda Sankhanad Mandir @SuvenduWB to register their protest over the unacceptable outrageous insults & outrage against Maa Kali.” Will meet Governor along with Mr. Jagdeep Dhankhar at Raj Bhavan Kolkata today at 4.45 PM (sic)”.
To register your protest on the unacceptable outrageous insults and resentment against Maa Kali #makele Sadhu Sant Samaj with 200+ Delegation President, Mecheda Shankhnad Temple @SuvenduWB Will meet Governor Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar today at 4.45 PM at Raj Bhavan, Kolkata. – Governor of West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar (Jadhankhar1) 12 July 2022
Meanwhile, the BJP on Tuesday attacked the Trinamool Congress for not taking action against its MP Mahua Moitra and asked whether the party would suspend her. The BJP also claimed that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s silence on Moitra’s remarks has angered Hindu Bengalis inside and outside the state.
Sharing a video, West Bengal BJP co-in-charge Amit Malviya tweeted, “Today, BJP’s LOP Suvendu Adhikari in West Bengal led a massive march in Krishnanagar, represented by TMC MPs whose mother Kali Mamata Banerjee’s silence on this has angered Hindu Bengalis inside and outside West Bengal. When will TMC suspend Moitra?
Y’day, BJP’s LOP Suvendu Adhikari in West Bengal led a massive march in Krishnanagar, represented by TMC MPs, whose obnoxious portrayal of mother Kali and Mamata Banerjee’s silence has left Hindu Bengalis inside and outside West Bengal. has angered. When will TMC suspend Moitra? pic.twitter.com/S9Do4TiNdp— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) 12 July 2022
Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi invoked Goddess Kali during his speech on the birth centenary celebrations of Swami Atmasthananda on Sunday. Referring to the Prime Minister’s speech, Malviya had tweeted, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls Maa Kali the center of devotion not only for Bengal but for the whole of India. On the other hand, a TMC MP insults Maa Kali and Mamta Banerjee. Rather than acting against him, Maa defends his obnoxious portrayal of Kali.”
“Under Mamata Banerjee’s public rebuke, the TMC MP is using repeated defiance to humiliate her on the issue of Maa Kali, to lower her stature as a leader, knowing full well that she is his Will not be able to take action against him, out of fear angering his Muslim vote bank,” Malviya had said.
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Responding to a question on a controversial film poster, which featured a woman smoking as Goddess Kali, Moitra said that “for him Kali Devi is a meat-eater and a wine-accepter”.
(With inputs from IANS)