Mamata Banerjee names Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo as TMC candidates for bypolls
Kolkata, March 14: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday named Shatrughan Sinha as TMC's candidate for bypoll to Asansol parliamentary seat, and Babul Supiyo as nominee for Ballygunge assembly byelection.
"Happy to announce on behalf of the All India Trinamool Congress that Sri Shatrughan Sinha, former Union Minister and famed actor, will be our candidate in Lok Sabha by-election from Asansol," the TMC boss tweeted.
"Sri Babul Supriyo, former union minister and noted singer, will be our candidate in Vidhansabha by-election from Ballygunge. Jai Hind, Jai Bangla, Jai Ma- Mati- Manush!" she wrote.
The Asansol Lok Sabha seat fell vacant after Supriyo, a two-time BJP MP, quit the saffron party last year and joined the TMC.
The Ballygunge assembly seat fell vacant following the demise of state minister Subrata Mukherjee.
Sri Babul Supriyo, former union minister and noted singer, will be our candidate in Vidhansabha by- election from Ballygunge. Jai Hind, Jai Bangla, Jai Ma- Mati- Manush!(2/2)
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) March 13, 2022
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Journalist Vaishna Roy faces online trolling over remarks on ‘operation sindoor’
New Delhi: Vaishna Roy, the editor of Frontline magazine under The Hindu group, is facing severe trolling on social media after she wrote on the naming of India’s recent counter-terror strike as “Operation Sindoor.”
Earlier this morning, under “Operation Sindoor,” Indian forces reportedly carried out strikes on nine terror camps—four inside Pakistan and five in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK). According to reports, over 80 terrorists were killed in response to the recent Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 tourists were killed by Pakistan-backed militants.
The name “Operation Sindoor” refers to the traditional vermilion mark worn by Hindu women as a symbol of marriage. Roy, in a post on X, wrote: “On principle, I object strongly to the label Operation Sindoor. It reeks of patriarchy, ownership of women, ‘honour’ killings, chastity, sacralising the institution of marriage, and similar Hindutva obsessions.”
Following this post, Roy was heavily trolled by several right-wing accounts online. In support of her, journalist Neha Dixit posted, “Agree with @vaishnaroy and in complete solidarity. Shame on the trolls.”
Another user, @SanjuktaChoudh5, wrote, “I stand with @vaishnaroy. She is perfectly right in what she has written. I too echo here.”
Senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta also came out in support, saying, “The editor of ‘Frontline’ Vaishna Roy is being viciously trolled by shameless Right Wing trolls for her Tweet – please spread it far and wide.”
Amid the controversy and trolling, Vaishna Roy has reportedly locked her X account.
