• "Mistakes Can Be Rectified": Mamata Banerjee On Mahua Moitra's 'Kali' Remark

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    "Mistakes Can Be Rectified": Mamata Banerjee On Mahua Moitra's 'Kali' Remark






     Digital Desk: Today, Mamata Banerjee made a statement that many
    have linked to the controversy over her party's MP Mahua Moitra's remarks about
    Goddess Kali, stating that "people make errors but they can be
    mended."



    "While at work, mistakes are made, but they may be fixed.
    Some people suddenly start shouting because they fail to notice all the good
    effort. Negativity damages our brain cells, so let's adopt an upbeat attitude
    "At a gathering in Kolkata, the chief minister of West Bengal said.



    Multiple FIRs have been filed against Mahua Moitra for her
    remarks on Goddess Kali during a media event. She was asked to respond to the
    controversy around a movie poster that Leena Manimekalai published that showed
    the Goddess smoking.



    The MP had stated that as everyone is free to worship God
    however they see fit, she had every right to imagine Goddess Kali as a
    "meat-eating and alcohol-accepting goddess."



    "For instance, when people perform puja in Sikkim or
    Bhutan, they offer whisky to their god. Now, if you travel to Uttar Pradesh and
    claim that you provide whisky as prasad to your god, they will accuse you of
    blasphemy "She spoke.



    "Deity Kali is a meat-eating, alcohol-accepting goddess in
    my opinion. And if you visit Tarapith, a significant Shakti peeth in the
    Birbhum area of West Bengal, you will witness sadhus smoking. That is the Kali
    that people revere (there). I have the freedom to think of Kali in that way
    because I practise Hinduism and worship Kali "Ms. Moitra remarked.



    "I have the freedom to do so (imagine a goddess who eats meat),
    just as you have the freedom to worship your god as a vegetarian who wears
    white clothes."



    The Trinamool has rebuked the remarks and distanced itself from
    them.



    "The statements @MahuaMoitra made at the
    #IndiaTodayConclaveEast2022 and her opinions on Goddess Kali were made in her
    personal capacity and are in NO WAY OR FORM ENDORSE BY THE PARTY. The All India
    Trinamool Congress vehemently rejects such remarks "Tweets from the event.



    She needs to be arrested, according to the BJP. In Madhya
    Pradesh, which is governed by the BJP, a FIR has been filed accusing her of
    hurting religious sensibilities, and additional politicians have promised to
    file charges.



    "I do not want to live in a country where the majority
    of people avoid talking about religion because of the BJP's rigid, patriarchal,
    Brahminical image of Hinduism. I will fight for this till the end. File your
    FIRs; we'll see you in all the courts; "Mahua Moitra tweeted 



    I dare the BJP to provide evidence from any location in the
    nation that anything I said was incorrect, she said.