KOLKATA: TMC on Wednesday came down heavily on Union rural development minister Giriraj Singh and Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari for their “thumke” dig at CM Mamata Banerjee – referring to her matching steps with Bollywood stars Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Sonakshi Sinha and Mahesh Bhatt at the Kolkata International Film Festival, report Debashis Konar & Dwaipayan Ghosh.
While Mamata brushed aside Singh’s comment saying “arre choro” (leave it), her party termed their comments “regressive” and “misogynistic”, and equated the jibes with the “Didi-O-Didi” taunt by PM Modi in the run-up to the 2021 assembly polls. Speaking to a TV channel in Delhi, Singh had made gestures and said, “Jashn mana rahe hai, thumke lage rahe hain (she is celebrating, she is dancing)”, while responding to a question on central rural funds. Facing a backlash, Singh later said: “Yes, I did refer to jashn, but not thumka. I did not insult Banerjee…”
While Mamata brushed aside Singh’s comment saying “arre choro” (leave it), her party termed their comments “regressive” and “misogynistic”, and equated the jibes with the “Didi-O-Didi” taunt by PM Modi in the run-up to the 2021 assembly polls. Speaking to a TV channel in Delhi, Singh had made gestures and said, “Jashn mana rahe hai, thumke lage rahe hain (she is celebrating, she is dancing)”, while responding to a question on central rural funds. Facing a backlash, Singh later said: “Yes, I did refer to jashn, but not thumka. I did not insult Banerjee…”