Delhi BJP leaders have filed a complaint against TMC’s Mahua Moitra and ‘Kaali’ director Leena Manimekalai accusing them of hurting religious sentiments.
The BJP leaders also demanded that TMC chief Mamata Banerjee should dismiss Moitra from the party. (Photo: Twitter)
Delhi BJP leaders on Thursday filed a complaint against TMC MP Mohua Moitra and Canada-based filmmaker Leena Manimekalai, accusing them of hurting religious sentiments.
A delegation led by BJP state vice president Rajan Tiwari said Moitra’s statement has hurt Hindus sentiments, while the way Leena Manimekalai has depicted goddess Kali on a poster is condemnable. The BJP leaders also demanded that TMC chief Mamata Banerjee should dismiss Moitra from the party.
“Moitra has hurt sentiments of Hindus by using derogatory language against Goddess Kali,” Delhi BJP vice president Rajan Tiwari alleged.
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“Nobody has the right to depict gods or goddesses in such a derogatory form,” he said on Kaali poster row.
Mahua Moitra, during a session at India Today Conclave East, stirred a controversy with her remarks that she has every right “to imagine Goddess Kali as a meat-eating and alcohol-accepting goddess”.
Meanwhile, Manimekalai is facing several FIRs because the poster of her documentary titled Kaali showed the goddess smoking and holding an LGBTQ flag.
The way Manimeklayi has depicted goddess Kali in a poster, has hurt the Hindus, said BJP leaders Harish Khurana and Harihar Raghuvanshi, who lodged the complaint on behalf of the party.
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