Trinamool MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar says BJP leader should apologize unconditionally
Trinamool MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar says BJP leader should apologize unconditionally
Senior leaders, including an MP and Trinamool Congress (TMC) ministers, met West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday and demanded action against him. BJP National Vice President and MP from Medinipur Dilip Ghosh On making objectionable remarks against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
The ruling party in the state is expressing outrage over the remarks made by Mr. Ghosh at a conference organized by a media group a few days ago. Mr. Ghosh, Chief Minister banglar mayeCampaigning during the last assembly elections in the state (Bengal’s daughter) said that during her visit to Goa she had claimed that she was ‘Goa’s daughter’. After this the BJP leader made derogatory remarks against the Chief Minister.
On Wednesday, Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee shared the video of Mr Ghosh’s remarks. “Disgusted! PM @narendramodi ji, time has come to arrest this loose tongue! Is this how leaders of @BJP4India talk about the only current woman Chief Minister of the country? Political mudslinging by people like @DilipGhoshBJP Continuing. #ShameOnBJP,” Mr Banerjee said on Twitter.
On Thursday, a TMC delegation comprising MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and ministers Bratya Basu and Shashi Panja met Mr Dhankhar at the Raj Bhavan. “The way Dilip Ghosh has insulted the Chief Minister, made derogatory remarks on his parents, he should tender an unconditional apology,” Ms Dastidar said. The MP said the governor who was publicly vocal about his opinion should issue a public statement condemning Mr Ghosh.
An eight-member delegation also handed over a delegation to the Governor on the issue. Earlier on June 28, a TMC delegation had met the Governor and made allegations against Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari.
Mr Ghosh, however, was taken aback and said that the Trinamool Congress government might arrest him. Mr Ghosh said the TMC should be ashamed of approaching the governor, whom he regularly criticizes.
Target State Govt.
Soon after the meeting with the TMC delegation, the governor hit out at the state government. Talking to reporters about the meeting with the TMC leadership, Mr Dhankhar said that he used the opportunity to put pressure on the TMC leadership about the situation in the state.
“Right now, the situation is that there is an unprecedented violation of human rights. People are in deep fear,” the governor said. Mr Dhankhar, borrowing a phrase from a famous poem by Rabindranath Tagore, said that “the mind is full of fear” in the state.
TMC urges Governor to take action against Dilip Ghosh for ‘derogatory’ remarks against Mamata Banerjee
Trinamool MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar says BJP leader should apologize unconditionally
Trinamool MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar says BJP leader should apologize unconditionally
Senior leaders, including an MP and Trinamool Congress (TMC) ministers, met West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday and demanded action against him. BJP National Vice President and MP from Medinipur Dilip Ghosh On making objectionable remarks against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
The ruling party in the state is expressing outrage over the remarks made by Mr. Ghosh at a conference organized by a media group a few days ago. Mr. Ghosh, Chief Minister banglar mayeCampaigning during the last assembly elections in the state (Bengal’s daughter) said that during her visit to Goa she had claimed that she was ‘Goa’s daughter’. After this the BJP leader made derogatory remarks against the Chief Minister.
On Wednesday, Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee shared the video of Mr Ghosh’s remarks. “Disgusted! PM @narendramodi ji, time has come to arrest this loose tongue! Is this how leaders of @BJP4India talk about the only current woman Chief Minister of the country? Political mudslinging by people like @DilipGhoshBJP Continuing. #ShameOnBJP,” Mr Banerjee said on Twitter.
On Thursday, a TMC delegation comprising MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and ministers Bratya Basu and Shashi Panja met Mr Dhankhar at the Raj Bhavan. “The way Dilip Ghosh has insulted the Chief Minister, made derogatory remarks on his parents, he should tender an unconditional apology,” Ms Dastidar said. The MP said the governor who was publicly vocal about his opinion should issue a public statement condemning Mr Ghosh.
An eight-member delegation also handed over a delegation to the Governor on the issue. Earlier on June 28, a TMC delegation had met the Governor and made allegations against Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari.
Mr Ghosh, however, was taken aback and said that the Trinamool Congress government might arrest him. Mr Ghosh said the TMC should be ashamed of approaching the governor, whom he regularly criticizes.
Target State Govt.
Soon after the meeting with the TMC delegation, the governor hit out at the state government. Talking to reporters about the meeting with the TMC leadership, Mr Dhankhar said that he used the opportunity to put pressure on the TMC leadership about the situation in the state.
“Right now, the situation is that there is an unprecedented violation of human rights. People are in deep fear,” the governor said. Mr Dhankhar, borrowing a phrase from a famous poem by Rabindranath Tagore, said that “the mind is full of fear” in the state.