BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said the protest against TMC’s Mahua Moitra will continue till she apologises for her remark on goddess Kali.
Adhikari, also the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, said that hundreds of police complaints have been lodged against Moitra across the state.
“This is the last time we will tolerate people using derogatory terms against Hindu deities in Bengal. Next time, we will not give anyone a chance to speak against our gods and goddesses. We will not stop protesting until she holds her ears and apologises,” Suvendu Ahikari told India Today.
Slamming the ruling TMC, he said, “It is up to the TMC to decide what steps to take. Trinamool is a company, not a political party. It is powered by pariwarwad. Ask the TMC chief what she plans to do.”
“All Hindus from the CPI(M), TMC, and BJP are ready to unite in opposition to this. We will protest and protect our Hindu dharma,” he added.
Earlier in the day, the Bengal BJP leadership sought the arrest of Moitra for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus with her controversial remarks.
The party said it would move the court alleging police inaction if no measure was initiated against her in 10 days.
What is Kaali movie poster controversy?
TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday sparked a row after she said she has every right as an individual to imagine Goddess Kali as a meat-eating and alcohol-accepting goddess. Her remark on Goddess Kaali came when a film poster on ‘Kaali’ by director Leena Manimekalai stirred controversy after the Goddess was seen smoking in the poster.
Moitra, while speaking at the India Today conclave, said, “For me, Goddess Kali is a meat-eating and alcohol-accepting goddess. And if you go to Tarapith [a major Shakti peeth in West Bengal’s Birbhum district], you will see sadhus smoking. That is the version of Kali people worship [there]. I, within Hinduism, being a Kali worshipper, have the right to imagine Kali in that way; that is my freedom.”
“I have the freedom to do it [envision a meat-eating goddess] as much as you have the freedom to worship your god as a vegetarian and white-clothed,” the Trinamool MP added.
Later, Moitra issued a clarification, as the Krishnanagar MP said she “never backed any film or poster or mentioned the word smoking.”
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