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The Bengal BJP leadership has also sought the arrest of Moitra for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus with her controversial remarks on Goddess Kali. The party said it would move the court alleging police inaction if no measure was initiated against her in 10 days. Its women wing also submitted a deputation at Bowbazar police station in the city seeking her arrest. Following this, the TMC MP took to Twitter to challenge the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and asserted that she was not afraid. “Bring it on BJP! I am a Kali worshipper. I am not afraid of anything. Not your ignoramuses. Not your goons. Not your police. And most certainly not your trolls. Truth doesn’t need backup forces," wrote Moitra. Bring it on BJP! Am a Kali worshipper. I am not afraid of anything. Not your ignoramuses. Not your goons. Not your police. And most certainly not your trolls. Truth doesn’t need back up forces.— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) What did Moitra say? Moitra on Tuesday stirred a controversy with her remarks that she has every right as "an individual to imagine Goddess Kaali as a meat-eating and alcohol-accepting goddess", as every person has the right to worship god and goddess in his or her own way. The TMC MP was asked for her response to the latest outrage over a film poster that showed a woman dressed a Goddess Kali smoking a cigarette and holding a pride flag. "If you go to Bhutan or Sikkim, for example, when they do puja, they give whisky to their god. Now, if you ...

Trinamool Congress MP TMC MP Mahua Moitra speaks to the media.(PTI file) Moitra's reaction comes apparently after ace wrestler NDTV, claimed that the protesters were asked by the government to not talk about their late-night meeting on Saturday with Shah. 'Told Not To Talk About It': Wrestler Bajrang Punia On Amit Shah Meet. Wrestlers overcame fear & shame & talked about how BJP MP touched their breasts & buttocks in FIR. So why can’t they talk about a mere meeting with Home Minister? What kind of intimidation is this? Crazy," the TMC's firebrand MP tweeted. Punia, who along with Punia told the news channel that they were told by the government not to reveal to anyone about their meeting with Shah, but they themselves leaked it to the media. Punia said the home minister told the wrestlers that the investigation was underway. The grappler reiterated that the protest has not died down and will continue. 'Wrestlers not satisfied with govt response' Punia said the athletes are not satisfied with the response of the government, which is not agreeing to their demands. He asked Shah why Brij Bhushan was not arrested and was shielded and asserted that the wrestlers will not back down on assurances of action. On Saturday, the protesting wrestlers had met the home minister days after threatening to immerse their medals into Ganga in Haridwar. The meeting had lasted till midnight as the grapplers pressed for the arrest of Brij Bhushan Singh, who is also a Bharatiya Janata Party MP. D...

By India Today Web Desk: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday shared a poem on her Twitter titled 'Be Careful, Mahua!' amidst the ongoing row over her remarks on goddess Kali. The note says, "The universities were the first to go...then the farmers and the activists, and now our country burns." WHAT DID SHE SAY? Earlier, Mahua Moitra had said that Kali, for her, was a meat-eating, alcohol-accepting goddess. Moitra said this while speaking at the India Today Conclave East 2022 on July 5 in response to a controversy over a movie poster showing Goddess Kaali smoking a cigarette. “When you go to Sikkim, you will see that they offer whiskey to goddess Kali. But if you go to Uttar Pradesh, and if you tell them that you offer whiskey to the goddess as ‘prasad’, they will call it blasphemy,” said Moitra. The poster of the documentary film at the centre of the row recently went viral on social media with several people saying that the poster was an insult to the Hindu goddess and hurt religious sentiments. BJP's social media head Amit Malviya also hit out at Moitra and said she cannot make similar comments about the Gods of other religions. Malviya took to Twitter and wrote, “Mamata Banerjee’s TMC is full of Hindu-hating bigots but this insult of Maa Kali, revered across West Bengal, by one of her party MPs, has offended every devotee.” The BJP lodged two complaints in West Bengal against Moitra for her remark on Wednesday. On the same day, the Madhya Pradesh Police...

By India Today Web Desk: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has unfollowed the official Twitter handle of the TMC after her party distanced itself from her comments on Goddess Kaali. She was answering a question on the row over a poster depicting an actor dressed up as the Goddess smoking a cigarette. Moitra now follows only TMC supremo and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. "The comments made by @MahuaMoitra at the #IndiaTodayConclaveEast2022 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 tweet put out by the official handle of TMC read. The comments made by All India Trinamool Congress strongly condemns such comments. — All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) The controversy erupted after filmmaker