Summary:
The TMC has registered a complaint against newly-appointed BJP national secretary Anupam Hazra, who passed a statement that he would hug West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee if he is infected with Covid-19.
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The TMC has registered a complaint against newly-appointed BJP national secretary Anupam Hazra, who passed a statement that he would hug West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee if he is infected with Covid-19.
The complaint was filed by the ruling party’s Siliguri unit after Hazra made the comments at a party programme in South 24 Parganas on Sunday evening.
“Our workers are fighting a bigger enemy than corona.
They are fighting Mamata Banerjee.
When they (BJP cadres) have been able to fight it out against Mamata Banerjee without a mask, they think they can also fight against Covid-19 without wearing a mask."
“I have decided that if I get infected with the coronavirus, then I will go and hug Mamata Banerjee,” he added.
Hazra, a former TMC MP who joined the BJP last year, also hit out at the chief minister over the manner in which the bodies of Covid-19 patients were being cremated in the state.
“She treated victims of the disease pathetically.
Their bodies were burnt with kerosene.
Sons were not allowed to see the face of their parents who died of COVID-19.
We don’t even treat dead cats or dogs like that,” he said.
Senior TMC leader Saugato Roy condemned the remarks and said it only reflected the mindset of the saffron party.
“Such words and statements can only come from BJP leaders.