TMC women MPs protest against Giriraj Singh's remarks on Mamata Banerjee
New Delhi, Dec 7: Women MPs from the Trinamool Congress on Thursday held a protest in Parliament premises against Union Minister Giriraj Singh's "misogynistic" remarks targeting TMC leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
The women MPs from the party staged a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi's statue in Parliament complex, and held placards demanding that Singh be expelled.
"We heard the remarks yesterday, and they are absolutely shameful, misogynistic, patriarchal. The Union minister is commenting on the only woman chief minister in India," TMC Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra said.
"Is this the kind of language to use. This is the problem with BJP and its ministers," said.
"They dislike women. They cannot handle women in positions of power, they cannot handle women in authority. They're misogynistic to the core," she charged.
Moitra had shared on X a clip of an interview purportedly given by Singh to a TV channel in which the BJP leader referred to Banerjee and said, "Jashn mana rahi hai, thumke laga rahi hai, yeh uchit nahi hai (she is celebrating and dancing, this is inappropriate)."
Several leaders of the TMC had slammed the rural development minister for his comments on the chief minister attending the Kolkata International Film Festival.
TMC Rajya Sabha member Santanu Sen had on Wednesday raised the issue in the House during a debate on the economic situation in the country.
"I would like to strongly protest the pose and posture of one of our Cabinet ministers targeting the only lady chief minister of the country. I can show you the video if you want. It should be noted," he had said.
The TMC has two women members in the Rajya Sabha and seven women members in the Lok Sabha.
'वे अपने नाम के पहले शाणडिल्य लिखते हैं तो दिनकर जी की एक कविता है - जिस पापी को गुण नहीं; गोत्र प्यारा है, समझो, उसने ही हमें यहां मारा है, भारत अपने घर में ही हार गया है- तो ऐसे मंत्री जो एकमात्र महिला मुख्यमंत्री के लिए ऐसा कह सकते हैं, इसलिए आज भारत का यह हाल है। https://t.co/6VjQCJGWnh
— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) December 7, 2023
Shameless @girirajsinghbjp & @BJP4India cannot handle women in power & in authority. Forget apologizing - he now lies outright, says he never said what he did!
— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) December 7, 2023
Shandilyaji - जिस पापी को गुण नहीं गोत्र प्यारा है, समझो उसने ही हमें यहां मारा है https://t.co/TgiCCJ21ED
Shameful misogynist @girirajsinghbjp - you dare tell @MamataOfficial what is “uchit”?
— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) December 6, 2023
You deprive crores of poor people of rightful MNREGA wages and AWAS funds for years & yet your twisted sick mind tells our CM what is “uchit”. Get a life. pic.twitter.com/hrxStYoHb5
Mr Not So Honourable Minister @girirajsinghbjp - your shameful misogynistic comments about only lady CM in India reek of your sick perverted mentality.
— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) December 6, 2023
Yes we love our jashn. We love our thumkas. We celebrate that @BJP4India can never rule Bengal. pic.twitter.com/CphZSsvbzs
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TMC will be voted back to power in Bengal: Tejashwi Yadav
Patna (PTI): Leader of Opposition in Bihar assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, on Tuesday exuded confidence that the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC will again be voted to power in West Bengal.
Yadav returned to Patna after a four-day poll campaign in West Bengal.
“The atmosphere there is euphoric and people want to bring Didi (Mamata Banerjee) back to power. I am fully confident that the TMC will win the election,” he told reporters here.
He said that a large number of people from Bihar living in West Bengal share a lot of love and respect for Mamata Banerjee.
Responding to BJP’s allegations that the TMC had “ruined” West Bengal during its tenure, the RJD leader said the “entire country has been ruined under the Narendra Modi-led government”.
“I want to ask one question to Modi ji – you have been prime minister for more than 11 years, tell me one thing you have done for Bengal,” Yadav said.
The first phase of elections to the 294-member West Bengal assembly was held on April 23, while the second phase will take place on April 29. Votes will be counted on May 4.
