‘Wear bermuda, not saree’: Bengal BJP chief attacks Mamata Banerjee

Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) West Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh, at a rally in Purulia, made a remark on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for which he has garnered backlash from Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) women members. Attacking the TMC chief, Ghosh said that she should “wear a pair of bermudas” if she wants to show her leg, reported NDTV.

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The BJP chief was referring to Banerjee’s recent leg injury, while campaigning in Nandigram, after which she was admitted to a state-run hospital in Kolkata. After being discharged, she resumed her electioneering in a wheelchair.

“The plaster was cut and then a crepe bandage was put. And now she is displaying her leg to everyone,” Ghosh said in Purulia.

“She is dressed in a saree but one of her legs is exposed. I have never seen anyone drape a saree like that. If you want to display your legs, why a saree, wear a pair of bermudas so everyone can have a good look,” he added.

The comment didn’t go down well with the TMC with several of the female members calling Ghosh out for his comment.

“@BJP WB Pres asks in public meeting why Mamatadi is wearing a saree, she should be wearing “Bermuda” shorts to display her leg better. And these perverted depraved monkeys think they are going to win Bengal?” tweeted TMC MP Mahua Moitra.

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Another TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar tweeted a video of Ghosh’s address and wrote that the “BJP state President has been merely reduced to that of venom-spitting.”

“From scathing attacks towards the CM of Bengal to violence towards @AITCofficial workers – he has conveniently crossed all limits,” she tweeted.

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The eight-phase Assembly polls in the state are scheduled from March 27, in which Banerjee is seeking another term and BJP is looking for its maiden rule in the state.