Ghosh said, "Mamata Banerjee's government and her MLAs understand that Muslim votes are shifting away from them. That's why they have adopted this tactic of appeasement by insulting Hindutva and Lord Rama." She further questioned TMC's role in the freedom struggle.
"I do not know what Madan Mitra said and what he wanted to say. We all respect Lord Ram. The BJP markets Lord Ram politically. Lord Ram is our God. There is no question of not believing in him," Ghosh said.
The controversy erupted after Mitra's comment, where he suggested that the incident could have been avoided if the victim had not gone alone to the location.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gourav Vallabh demanded the immediate resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in wake of alleged gang rape of a law student in Kolkata and said that TMC always tries to save the accused and never stood with the victim's family members.
Trinamool Congress on Sunday has issued a show cause notice to its party leader and Kamarhati MLA Madan Mitra following his "unwanted, unnecessary, and insensitive comments" on the alleged gangrape of a law student from South Calcutta Law College in Kolkata's Kasba area on June 25.
Bharatiya Janata Party has alleged that the Kolkata law college gangrape accused is linked to the leaders of Trinamool Congress, and has demanded their resignation.
Banerjee was seen seated at the 'Rajbhavan Chalo' makeshift stage along with other party leaders. This comes amid ongoing raids on two TMC strongmen- Firhad Hakim and Madan Mitra by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) since Sunday morning in the municipal jobs 'scam' case.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday raided two Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders Firhad Hakim and Madan Mitra residences in connection with the alleged civil municipal bodies recruitment 'scam'.
While the bombs fell silent under the watchful eyes of the central paramilitary forces, the war of words in West Bengal escalated just a day ahead of the panchayat elections on Saturday.
"People of Bengal are with Mamata Banerjee. It is a court verdict, everybody has to accept it but do not forget that the votes will be given by the voters," he said.
While talking to ANI, Madan Mitra said, "We will talk to the lawyer regarding this case. FIR filed by the hospital is wrong. No such hooliganism happened as alleged by the Hospital."