The Indian National Congress (INC) leader V. Hanumantha Rao, slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President of Telangana Bandi Sanjay Kumar. He slammed him for calling Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal as ‘Mamata Begum’ and Mamata Khan.
On the 6th of May, Hanumantha Rao lashed out at the Senior BJP leader for making such comments against a woman. He said, on one side, the BJP leaders stand for empowerment of women, on the other hand leaders of the Party make comments like these.
Recently, after the West Bengal violence post election, the BJP Chief in Telangana addressed Mamata Bannerjee as Mamata Begum.
Speaking to ANI, Rao also hit out at the Central government, stating that on one hand the government was empowering women through ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’, and on the other hand, a senior leader of the party made such comments about a woman.
“Mamata Banerjee has taught a befitting lesson to the BJP in the recent West Bengal Assembly polls,” Rao said, demanding an action against Sanjay.
Similar kind of statements were made BJP leader Suvendhu Adhikari. He said, “Mamata Banerjee used to say Eid Mubarak and such was the habit that she congratulated people on Holi with Holi Mubarak. Don’t give your vote to Begum. If you vote for Begum, this will become mini Pakistan. Begum knows no one except Sufiyan.”
Rao further talked about lockdown in Telangana and targeted State Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar for his statement in support of not implementing lockdown in the state.
“While the court is time and again saying that lockdown can be implemented, why is it that Somesh Kumar is saying that lockdown is not necessary in the state. Out of every four people who are being tested one is turning out to be positive. There are chances of a third wave too,” he said.
The congress leader requested the state government to implement a lockdown to control the spread of the coronavirus.
