Election of Bengal: “Is this Prime Minister coming to teach us about propriety?” Mahua Moitra said.
Calcutta:
The leaders of Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress, irritated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mockery of Mamata Banerjee about whether he wants to compete from another seat, gave a determined refusal on Thursday, albeit unofficially. What angered the party deputy Mahua Moitra was something else.
“There is something we have in Bengal called ‘rock-er chhele‘, which means a guy from the street who sits on a wall and basically calls all the women who pass by, sayingDiddi, ei diddi“This is the prime minister doing this,” Ms Moitra told NDTV on Thursday.
When asked if she meant it was silly, Ms. Moitra replied, “Don’t take it out of context. Please. But doesn’t it sound like that? How does it sound?”
He then added: “That the Prime Minister at a rally with a large number of people (talks) about an acting Chief Minister saying (mockingly) ‘Diddi or diddi‘. Would you say that? Would you say that about your mother? Would you say that about your sister? Would you say that about your estranged wife? Would you say that of someone? How is that okay? Is this Prime Minister coming to teach us about propriety? This is a Prime Minister sitting here laughing out loud at a sitting Prime Minister in the cheapest and most vile way possible. “
Prime Minister Modi had mocked the chief minister during a rally in Uluberia on Tuesday night while the second phase of the elections in the state was underway.
With all eyes on Nandigram, where Mamata Banerjee has faced her protégé, turned arch nemesis Suvendu Adhikari, who represents the BJP, the prime minister had scoffed at her chances of victory.
Noting her Wednesday call for unity of opposition leaders, PM Modi had said: “Didi, your action shows that you are losing to Nandigram. Your action shows that you have surrendered. Diddi … Or … Diddi , there is a rumor that you will submit a nomination from another constituency. Is there any truth to that? “
Mahua Moitra, who joined the Trinamool Congress after a career as an investment banker, later tweeted: “Competing from the second seat?” Prime Minister Modi beats Mamata Banerjee. Yes, Prime Minister, you will. And it will be Varanasi!
“Compete from the second seat?”
PM Modi jabs Mamata BanerjeeYes, Mr. Prime Minister, you will.
And it will be Varanasi!So put on your armor.
– Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) April 1, 2021
Krishnanagar’s fierce first-time MP has made headlines with her outspoken comments inside and outside parliament.
Last month, the government contemplated an action against him for his comments in the Lok Sabha about a former Chief Justice of India.
In a challenging tweet, Ms Moitra said: “It would be a privilege indeed if a motion for breach of privilege was filed against me for speaking the truth during India’s darkest hour.”
After the government dropped the idea, he told NDTV, “The standard of national speech has become such that telling the truth is seen as a revolutionary act.”
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