Bengal
WOMEN OF NADIA FEEL INSECURE
- The Statesman
- 02 Jul 2014
MP TAPAS PAUL’S REMARKS ROUNDLY CONDEMNED
Biswabrata Goswami
biswabratagoswami@gmail.com
Choumaha, 1 July
Hundreds of women living in Choumaha and its surrounding villages in Nakashipara in Nadia have started feeling insecure soon after the Trinamul Congrees MP Mr Tapas Paul’s startling and derogatory remarks towards women broadcast.
The actor-turned politician had threatened to “liquidate” CPI-M activists and have their women “raped” if any of his Trinamul workers were attacked.
Mr Paul had made his controversial remarks at Choumaha village on 14 June while paying his visit to commemorate the family of a slain party worker who was killed a fortnight ago allegedly by the CPI-M goons. But the video footage of his high decibel threats and ranting was telecast by some private channels yesterday.
“We are feeling insecure here because when a MP himself can unleash such type of threats, then the lower-rung party workers or any criminal in the name of Trinamul party can easily attack us. So, we demand to the state administration to provide security in our villages,” said an aged woman who was not willing to be named.
Slamming the MP for making nastiest remarks on women, the BJP leader Ms Jaya Sarkar has lodged a FIR against Mr Paul demanding his immediate arrest.
“How can an MP make such type of remarks while venting his anger to others. He has made purported hate remarks to women which is unforgiving. He has no right to be a member of the Parliament and he should be dismissed,” said Ms Sarkar.
The condemnation also came from the CPI-M’s youth and women wing which organised a protest rally in Krishnagar and burnt his effigy.
They denounced Mr Pal for making such irresponsible statements and said that the Chief Minister and Trinamul Congress Chief Miss Mamata Banerjee must take strict disciplinary action against him.
“In a country and in a state where the security of women has become a matter of such grave concern, for an MP to make such threats is completely unwarranted. Trinamul Congress must and should take stern action against him,” said Mrs Minati Biswas, a house-wife living at Nakashipara, which falls under the Krishnagar parliamentary constituency from where Mr Paul had won the Lok Sabha elections for the second time.
While talking with the villagers at Choumaha, some youths criticised Mr Paul saying that he had done nothing new on 14 June. On that day, after visiting Choumaha, Mr Paul had gone to nearby Gopinathpur where also he made derogatory remarks against CPI-M women which are not printable.
The youths opened their mobile phones and showed the video footage of his remarks.
“The way Mr Paul had unleashed his verbal attacks to the Opposition and their women, only reveals his low level of culture,” said a youth who too was unwilling to be named.
Biswabrata Goswami
biswabratagoswami@gmail.com
Choumaha, 1 July
Hundreds of women living in Choumaha and its surrounding villages in Nakashipara in Nadia have started feeling insecure soon after the Trinamul Congrees MP Mr Tapas Paul’s startling and derogatory remarks towards women broadcast.
The actor-turned politician had threatened to “liquidate” CPI-M activists and have their women “raped” if any of his Trinamul workers were attacked.
Mr Paul had made his controversial remarks at Choumaha village on 14 June while paying his visit to commemorate the family of a slain party worker who was killed a fortnight ago allegedly by the CPI-M goons. But the video footage of his high decibel threats and ranting was telecast by some private channels yesterday.
“We are feeling insecure here because when a MP himself can unleash such type of threats, then the lower-rung party workers or any criminal in the name of Trinamul party can easily attack us. So, we demand to the state administration to provide security in our villages,” said an aged woman who was not willing to be named.
Slamming the MP for making nastiest remarks on women, the BJP leader Ms Jaya Sarkar has lodged a FIR against Mr Paul demanding his immediate arrest.
“How can an MP make such type of remarks while venting his anger to others. He has made purported hate remarks to women which is unforgiving. He has no right to be a member of the Parliament and he should be dismissed,” said Ms Sarkar.
The condemnation also came from the CPI-M’s youth and women wing which organised a protest rally in Krishnagar and burnt his effigy.
They denounced Mr Pal for making such irresponsible statements and said that the Chief Minister and Trinamul Congress Chief Miss Mamata Banerjee must take strict disciplinary action against him.
“In a country and in a state where the security of women has become a matter of such grave concern, for an MP to make such threats is completely unwarranted. Trinamul Congress must and should take stern action against him,” said Mrs Minati Biswas, a house-wife living at Nakashipara, which falls under the Krishnagar parliamentary constituency from where Mr Paul had won the Lok Sabha elections for the second time.
While talking with the villagers at Choumaha, some youths criticised Mr Paul saying that he had done nothing new on 14 June. On that day, after visiting Choumaha, Mr Paul had gone to nearby Gopinathpur where also he made derogatory remarks against CPI-M women which are not printable.
The youths opened their mobile phones and showed the video footage of his remarks.
“The way Mr Paul had unleashed his verbal attacks to the Opposition and their women, only reveals his low level of culture,” said a youth who too was unwilling to be named.
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