Senior leaders including an MP and Ministers of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) met West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday and demanded action against BJP national vice-president and Medinipur MP Dilip Ghosh for making objectionable remarks against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee .
The State’s ruling party has been voicing outrage over the comments made by Mr. Ghosh at a conclave organised by a media group, a few days ago. Mr. Ghosh, while referring to the Chief Minister’s “ Banglar Meye” (Daughter of Bengal) campaign during the last Assembly polls in the State, said that during her visit to Goa she had claimed that she was ‘Daughter of Goa’. The BJP leader then made derogatory remarks against the Chief Minister.
On Wednesday, Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee shared the video of Mr. Ghosh making the remarks. “OUTRAGEOUS! PM @narendramodi, it is ABOUT TIME to get this loose tongue arrested! Is this how @BJP4India leaders talk about the only sitting woman Chief Minister of the nation? Political mud-slinging by the likes of @DilipGhoshBJP continues to REMAIN UNCHECKED. #ShameOnBJP,” Mr. Banerjee said on Twitter.
