Mahua Moitra, the Trinamool Congress MP, has unfollowed Trinamool Congress’s official Twitter handle after her party condemned her remarks on Goddess Kaali.
The development comes after MP Mahua Moitra while speaking at a conclave organised by a media house, said that Kaali, to her, was a meat-eating and alcohol-accepting goddess. The reaction was to a controversy over a movie poster depicting Goddess Kaali smoking a cigarette.
Mahua said, "In Hinduism, being a Kali worshiper, my religion allows me the freedom to imagine my Kali. That is my freedom.To me, Kali is a meat-eating, alcohol accepting Goddess. If you go to Tarapith or the place around it... you see the sadhus... that is the version of Kali people worship.”
"This is as much as you have the freedom to worship a vegetarian, white cloth-wearing Goddess. I believe religion should always remain in the personal ambit and as long as I am not interfering in your space... I think we should be allowed to do that," she added.
To this the TMC reacted that the comments made by Mahua Moitra on Goddess Kali have been made in her personal capacity and are not endorsed by the party.
Moitra, as of now only follows TMC supremo and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.
The development comes after MP Mahua Moitra while speaking at a conclave organised by a media house, said that Kaali, to her, was a meat-eating and alcohol-accepting goddess. The reaction was to a controversy over a movie poster depicting Goddess Kaali smoking a cigarette.
Mahua said, "In Hinduism, being a Kali worshiper, my religion allows me the freedom to imagine my Kali. That is my freedom.To me, Kali is a meat-eating, alcohol accepting Goddess. If you go to Tarapith or the place around it... you see the sadhus... that is the version of Kali people worship.”
"This is as much as you have the freedom to worship a vegetarian, white cloth-wearing Goddess. I believe religion should always remain in the personal ambit and as long as I am not interfering in your space... I think we should be allowed to do that," she added.
To this the TMC reacted that the comments made by Mahua Moitra on Goddess Kali have been made in her personal capacity and are not endorsed by the party.
Moitra, as of now only follows TMC supremo and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.
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