Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], September 9 (HBTV): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai urged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to take punitive action against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra over her reported remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah. He also demanded an apology from the West Bengal Chief Minister for the alleged statement.
In a post on X, Sai stated, ‘The remark made by the Trinamool Congress MP against the Honourable Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah Ji is not only objectionable but also a serious criminal act. Such audacity to make such remarks would not be possible without the backing of the Trinamool Congress high command and Chief Minister Smt. Mamata Banerjee. Smt. Mamata Banerjee Ji should clarify whether she agrees with Mahua Moitra Ji's statement or not. If she does not agree, then she should take punitive action against her party leader and apologise to the entire country for this act.’
He further said that such comments amounted to an insult to the honour of 140 crore citizens.
‘The use of such indecent language against the Home Minister, who is working as the guardian of the country's security and unity, exposes the opposition's malicious mindset and political bankruptcy. This remark is an insult to the honour of 140 crore countrymen,’ Sai added.
According to reports, TMC MP Mahua Moitra said Union Home Minister Amit Shah's ‘head should be cut off’ for failing to prevent the infiltration of illegal Bangladeshis into India.
Earlier, BJP leader and Lok Sabha MP Ravi Shankar Prasad criticised Moitra's reported remarks. He said, ‘Her statement is condemnable. Her membership has been revoked once. Now, will she want to repeat this again? She used such words against the country's home minister; what status do such people have? What kind of people does Mamata Banerjee have?’
Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha in December 2023 after the House accepted the Ethics Committee's report on cash-for-query charges against her.
(ANI)