Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday has unfollowed her occasion on Twitter after TMC distanced itself from Moitra’s remarks, figuring out Goddess Kaali as a “meat-eating, alcohol-accepting” deity.
On Tuesday, Moitra, whereas talking at a media conclave, mentioned Goddess Kaali is obtainable meat and alcohol throughout worship in elements of the nation. The comment was a part of Moitra’s argument that spiritual beliefs are a matter of private selection and that anybody was free to recognise a deity as he or she deems match. The remarks got here in response to a query on an argument over the poster of Canada-based filmmaker Leena Manimekalai’s documentary movie depicting Goddess Kaali as smoking with a rainbow-coloured delight flag within the background.
Amid the continued row, two separate FIRs have been filed towards Manimekalai in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, whereas the Indian High Commission in Ottawa had requested the organisers of the occasion at Toronto, the place the movie is to be screened, to take down the provocative posters.
Speaking on the media conclave, Moitra mentioned, “And if you go to Tarapith (the iconic Kaali temple in West Bengal’s Birbhum district), you will see sadhus smoking. That is the version of Kaali people worship (there). I, within Hinduism, being a Kaali worshipper, have the right to imagine Kaali in that way; that is my freedom.”
While the Trinamool Congress was fast to distance itself from Moitra’s feedback, calling it her ‘personal’ opinion, the Bengal BJP unit has demanded her resignation over the remarks.
“TMC can’t detach itself from comments of Mahua Moitra. If TMC actually doesn’t endorse it, they should take action – they should either expel her or suspend her from the party for a few days, West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar told news agency ANI, while adding, “Our Mahila Morcha will stage a sit-in protest, go to Police Station, and request that she (Mahua Moitra) be arrested.”
While clarifying that her remarks weren’t made within the context of the documentary movie, Moitra, whereas attacking BJP, tweeted, “I NEVER backed any film or poster or mentioned the word smoking. Suggest you visit my Maa Kaali in Tarapith to see what food & drink is offered as bhog. Joy Ma Tara.”
The TMC, whereas condemning her remarks earlier, tweeted, “The comments made by Mahua Moitra at the India Today Conclave East 2022 and her views expressed on Goddess Kali have been made in her personal capacity and are NOT ENDORSED BY THE PARTY in ANY MANNER OR FORM. All India Trinamool Congress strongly condemns such comments,” the occasion mentioned.
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