Focusing on CPIM state secretary and Tripura opposition chief Jitendra Chaudhury, state Minister for SC Welfare, Sudhangshu Das, accused the Leftists, led by Chaudhury, of deceptive folks by bringing in “educated salesmen” from Murshidabad to maintain their political relevance.
Das claimed that the CPIM has grow to be irrelevant throughout the nation as folks are actually conscious of their “bluffing ways.”
“The humorous factor is that the Leftists, beneath the management of opposition chief comrade Jitendra Chaudhary, are attempting to make sure their identification by deceptive folks with these so-called educated salesmen from Murshidabad. It would haven’t any impact, comrade, as a result of the folks of this state and nation know that the Leftists are bluffmasters. For this reason communists have grow to be irrelevant in India,” Das acknowledged.
In a Fb submit, Das additional accused the Leftists of being traditionally anti-national. “The Leftists had been in opposition to India’s freedom, democracy, and cultural heritage. They insulted Rabindranath Tagore by calling him a bourgeois poet, ridiculed Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, and taunted Swami Vivekananda by calling him mad. They had been in opposition to the Ram Mandir and have opposed Hindu Sanatan tradition. As I communicate in favour of Sanatan Dharma, it’s pure for the Leftists, with their distorted mentality, to oppose me,” he wrote.
This submit follows a collection of controversial remarks by Das. Earlier, he steered that Hindus ought to chorus from worshipping their deities except their “blood boils” over assaults on Hindu idols in neighbouring Bangladesh.
On November 3, Das asserted that if Muslims have a Wakf Board, Hindus also needs to be entitled to a Sanatan Board. He argued that Christians and Sikhs have already got their respective boards, and if Hindus are denied related rights, then all such boards needs to be abolished.
He additionally accused the Congress celebration, beneath Rahul Gandhi, of participating in anti-national conspiracies. “Indians have to grow to be aware of the designs of the grand previous celebration,” he added.
In a now-deleted Fb submit from September, Das had criticised Hindus for his or her perceived inaction in opposition to assaults on their temples and idols. “Hindus not have the ethical proper to worship their gods and goddesses as a result of the group fails to guard its deities and temples from infidel jihadis. Those that stay silent within the face of such disrespect for his or her faith haven’t any true devotion (pujapaath). In case your blood doesn’t boil on the desecration of your idols and temples, then it’s not blood however water flowing by means of your veins. Assume past politics,” his submit learn.
The difficulty sparked outrage within the state meeting, with opposition MLAs demanding that Das formally withdraw his feedback and situation an apology.
Whereas Tourism and Transport Minister Sushanta Chowdhury famous that Das had deleted his controversial submit, implying repentance, different members of the treasury bench defended Das, stating that his feedback mirrored the fact of Hindu temples and idols being desecrated in components of Bangladesh and Tripura.
Reacting to Das’s statements, the CPIM issued a response on their official Fb web page: “Distorted historical past is now the one crutch for Minister Sudhangshu. The communists performed a significant position in India’s independence wrestle, whereas in the present day’s patriots and traitors are being outlined by those that aided the British.”
