BJP MP insulted every woman, showed party's true colours: TMC
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Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Sunday reacted sharply to BJP MP Ram Chander Jangra, who said those who had lost their husbands in the
Pahalgam terror attack
lacked the spirit of warrior women.
At an event in Bhiwani to mark the 300th birth anniversary of Ahilyabai Holkar, the Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana said the tourists should have put up a fight against the terrorists, and the women should have acted like 'veerangna' (warrior women).
State finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya said: "If this Rajya Sabha MP was in the same position with his family in Pahalgam, what would he or his family have done? Would he have done anything different? Let us put this differently. What were the central agencies doing when the Pahalgam attack took place? What did they do to stop it? Where are the four perpetrators who attacked innocent people?"
Questioning BJP's claims on Centre upholding women's dignity, Bhattacharya said: "The face of retaliation was led by two women, and the operation was named Operation Sindoor.
I am astonished at how the BJP brass is disrespecting Sindoor. We would caution this MP, do not disrespect women."
State industries and women and child development minister Shashi Panja told reporters: "The comments by the BJP MP have insulted women, outraged every woman, caused their anguish and shown the party's true colours." She added: "We are waiting to see what action BJP will take against a person like this, who has shown disrespect to the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack and their families."
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Expressing outrage, TMC said in a post on X: "How dare BJP MP @rcjangrabjp say the women in Pahalgam lacked bravery? 26 people lost their lives, and he blames the women? This isn't just insensitive, it's vile and inhuman." The party added: "@BJP4India has mastered the art of degrading women. Misogyny isn't a bug in their ideology, it's the core."
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