'No politician should use such language': BJP chides Mamata Banerjee for personal remarks against PM Modi

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday took strong exception to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's personal remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. BJP MP Sambit Patra, addressing a press conference called out Banerjee saying that "no politician or elected representative should use such language."Banerjee, hours after PM Modi's rally in Bengal's Alipurduar, had claimed that the central government named India's retaliation against Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack, 'Operation Sindoor' for "political gains".Further ramping up her attack, Mamata cried foul over PM Modi's "language" claiming that "you (PM Modi) are not the husband of everybody." She further went on to add, "why are you not giving sindoor to your Mrs first?"During his rally in West Bengal, the Prime Minister had declared from the "sacred land of Sindoor Khela" the rousing success of India's Operation Sindoor. He went on to explain the powerful symbolism behind the naming of the operation. The Prime Minister said that the Army had given an emphatic response to the terrorist who had dared to "wipe away the sindoor of our sisters."BJP's Patra during the press briefing also discredited reports that the BJP was planning to distribute vermilion (sindoor) to women to mark the Modi government’s anniversary. He accused opposition parties of using it to discredit the Centre’s anti-terror operation.“They are belittling India's military action for political gains,” he said.Amit Malviya, head of the BJP’s IT cell, also called the report fabricated and accused Banerjee of behaving “like a troll”. Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate responded by saying the BJP had only disowned the sindoor campaign after facing backlash.The West Bengal CM's remarks had followed PM Modi’s rally in Alipurduar where he launched a fierce attack on the TMC government, alleging that it had failed on multiple fronts including women’s safety, youth employment, and corruption. He cited recent communal violence in Murshidabad and Malda as evidence of lawlessness under the TMC.Banerjee hit back, alleging that the BJP had orchestrated the Murshidabad and Malda unrest and that Modi was trying to divide the country. “In Bengal, we have a humanitarian government. But the BJP insults tribals, SCs, minorities—even Hindus. The dignity with which women live in Bengal, do we see the same in UP, Bihar, Assam, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh?”