A day after becoming the national secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of West Bengal on Saturday, Anupam Hazra became embroiled in a controversy by saying that he will hug Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee if he is infected with Covid-19.
Hazra’s comments came during her interaction with the media in Baruipur, in the South 24 Parganas district, where she attended a meeting of party workers on Sunday afternoon.
Hazra and a large number of BJP workers were not wearing masks and social distancing rules were not upheld during the meeting. The journalists asked Hazra why he or the others did not wear a mask.
“Our workers are fighting an enemy greater than crown. They are fighting Mamata Banerjee. Since they were not affected by the crown, they are no longer afraid. I will hug Mamata Banerjee if I have a crown (it infects me). He pathetically treated the victims of the disease. Their bodies were burned with kerosene. We don’t even treat dead cats or dogs like that, ”Hazra said.
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Trinamool Congress (TMC) spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said: “Only crazy and immature people make such statements. Any sane person who listens to Hazra will understand what kind of person he is. “
Hazra switched from TMC before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. She faced popular actress Mimi Chakraborty, the candidate of the ruling party of the Jadavpur constituency Lok Sabha. Hazra was defeated.
On Saturday, Hazra replaced party veteran and former state president Rahul Sinha as national secretary. An agitated Sinha said, “After serving the party since its birth I had to give way to the people who came from TMC.”
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