Amid the controversy surrounding Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra’s remarks on a film poster featuring Goddess Kali, Top Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday invoked the Hindu deity all by a speech at an match organised by the Ramakrishna Mission, triggering a fresh disagreement between the TMC and BJP.
Virtually addressing the centenary celebrations of 15th president of Ramakrishna Math, Swami Atmasthananda, the Top Minister talked about that “blessings of Maa Kali are continually with the country, which is transferring forward with a non secular energy for the welfare of the field”.
“Swami Ramakrishna Paramhansa used to be one such saint who had a imaginative and prescient of Maa Kali and had surrendered his complete being at the ft of Maa Kali. He susceptible to whisper this complete world, every thing is pervaded by the consciousness of Goddess Kali. This consciousness is visible within the Kali Puja of Bengal. This consciousness is visible within the faith of Bengal and the country.”
The Top Minister then went on to whisper: “At any time when I had the alternative, I visited Belur Math and Dakhineshwar Kali temple. It’s far pure to in fact feel a connection. When your religion and beliefs are pure, the vitality herself reveals you the trend. The limitless blessings of Maa Kali are continually with India. The country is transferring forward with this non secular energy for the field’s welfare.”
With the Top Minister invoking Goddess Kali, the BJP leaders took the alternative to hit out at the Trinamool Congress and its MP Mahua Moitra.
“Top Minister Narendra Modi speaks reverentially about Maa Kali being the centre of devotion, now not upright for Bengal nonetheless the total of India. On the alternative hand, a TMC MP insults Maa Kali, and in disclose of performing against her, (TMC chief) Mamata Banerjee defends her cross portrayal of Maa Kali,” tweeted BJP’s IT cell chief Amit Malviya.
Quickly, the TMC MP hit out at the PM and Malviya. “Would show BJP’s troll-in-fee for Bengal to say his masters to discontinuance commenting on things they invent now not relish any clue about. Didi-O-Didi bought them the boot. Now, Maa-O-Maa will safe them a foot on their chest,” Moitra tweeted, referring to PM’s ‘Didi-O-Didi’ jibe at Mamata Banerjee all by the closing year’s Meeting election campaign.
Senior TMC leader and MP Sougata Roy also hit out at the Top Minister. “The Top Minister doesn’t study about Kali Puja. He can even fair relish come one or two instances to Belur Math or Dakshineswar, nonetheless how would he study about Kali puja… Mamata Banerjee has Kali thakur in her draw and she or he does Kali puja. So, we’re now not going to discover classes of Kali puja from the BJP,” Roy talked about.
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CPI(M) MP Bikash Bhattacharya also slammed the PM for invoking religion. “The PM can even fair level-headed snarl regarding the Constitution. As a change, he is talking on a particular religion and invoking God. Our Constitution tells us to safeguard the total religions, and the Top Minister can even fair level-headed echo the Constitution.”
Convey Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury talked about the Top Minister can even fair level-headed discuss welfare of of us in disclose of religion. “Chief Minister (Mamata Banerjee) can even fair level-headed also discuss welfare and pattern of the of us. In favor to that, both the PM and CM are asserting both Ram or Allah. Because they invent now not seem like drawn to the near and welfare of the country,” the Congress MP talked about.