TMC initiates t-shirt fashion ahead of Durga puja to attack Amit Shah
Kolkata, Sep 9: Taking a leaf out of a global playbook, where fashion has long been used as a political statement, Trinamool Congress has designed a T-shirt for its workers to flaunt and attack its opponent - BJP's Amit Shah.
The T-shirt bearing a cartoon picture of the BJP stalwart's face along with the caption 'India's Biggest Pappu' comes in several colours white, black and yellow.
The BJP had branded Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with the epithet Pappu' which the Mamata Banerjee-led party is now trying to use to mock Shah.
The party is eager to make the most of this campaign during the coming Durga puja when a large number of people descend on roads for pandal hopping in all parts of West Bengal.
Mocking is the most powerful form of communicating. It started from the comment made by our national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and it became a trend on social media. Then it came on T-shirts, the TMC's Rajya Sabha leader Derek O'Brien told PTI.
While talking to reporters on September 2 after he was grilled for over seven hours by the ED in connection with a coal smuggling case, Abhishek Banerjee described Shah as India's Biggest Pappu'.
The very next day, Banerjee's cousins Akash Banerjee and Aditi Gayen posted photographs on social media wearing T-shirts with a cartoon of Shah and the slogan.
TMC sources said Abhishek Banerjee is guiding young party workers on new designs of the apparel which is sold at a 'nominal price' of around Rs 300 apiece.
Initially, the T-shirts were available online. Now, one can get them in wholesale markets, O'Brien claimed.
Three to four designs are currently available now and more are coming to hit the market ahead of the Durga puja festival, said the MP who himself posted still photos and a video donning such a T-shirt in white colour.
The video, shot near the Parliament building, was shared on his Twitter handle.
College students and young party enthusiasts who are not more than 25 years old are creating those t-shirts. They do not want to be named. But the designs, I would say, are mind-blowing, O'Brien said.
The MP also wore the t-shirt on a flight from Kolkata to Delhi.
Several people posted their photos on social media donning those t-shirts seeking to lampoon Shah.
The Congress should like this campaign. The BJP used this term to mock their leader. Now the BJP is getting back their own medicine, O'Brien said.
Reacting to such a campaign, senior BJP leader Rahul Sinha claimed that this personal attack would be a flop show.
The TMC has no issue to fight the BJP. That is why they are targeting people personally. It shows that the party is heading towards the end, Sinha said.
You cannot give someone a title just because you feel like it. The person must truly deserve it!
— Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) September 5, 2022
Listen to the many reasons why this gentleman has truly EARNED the title #IndiasBiggestPappuAmitShah
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Bihar: Over 150 children fall ill after consuming 'mid-day meal' in Saharsa
Saharsa (PTI): More than 150 children were taken ill after allegedly consuming food that was part of the mid-day meal in a school in Bihar’s Saharsa district, a senior official said on Thursday.
The incident occurred at a middle school in Baluaha village of the district.
The official said that 115 children were undergoing treatment at the Sadar Hospital, while around 50 students were admitted to Mahishi Public Health Centre.
“We received information that several children fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal in Baluaha. The children were initially treated at the primary health centre, but later, many were referred to the Sadar Hospital,” Saharsa District Magistrate Deepesh Kumar told reporters.
“According to doctors, the health condition of the children has improved, but they will be kept under observation for some time. There is no need to panic. Some kids are having mild fever. They are being treated accordingly,” Kumar said.
Meanwhile, family members of some children claimed that a snake was found in the container in which cooked pulses was stored at the school.
Of the 545 students present in the school, 200 had already eaten their meals by the time the snake was spotted, and later complained of stomach ache and vomiting, they said.
Regarding the claims, the DM said food samples have been collected from the school.
“We will be able to comment on this only after the results of the tested samples arrive,” he said.
