Union Minister Babul Supriyo is facing flak after he took a dig at TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee’s campaign ‘Daughter of Bengal’ slogan stating, ‘beti paraya dhan hoti hai” (a daughter is someone else’s property). The tweet was later deleted.
Sharing a meme posted by BJP’s Asansol unit, the post had an image of Mamata Banerjee with mic with “I am the daughter of Bengal” written in Hindi and Union home minister Amit Shah responding with “Beti paraya dhan hoti hain, iss bar vidaa kar denge…”(A daughter is someone else’s property, will send her off this time).”
Trinamool Congress leaders slammed Supriyo for the posts. “Wow! This is what a Union minister is! Shame, Shame!” TMC state unit spokesperson Debangshu Bhattacharya said. State Minister of Women and Child Development, Dr Shashi Panja criticised the BJP leader for endorsing chauvinist views and said she is shocked to see “how deep and wide sexism runs” in leaders of the saffron party.
