Akhil Giri made the objectionable remarks against the President of India on Friday while talking about West Bengal opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari following an incident of unrest in the BJP leader's Nandigram constituency over the Martyrs' Day event.
"This is an irresponsible comment and does NOT represent the views of @AITCofficial. We are extremely proud of the President of India, and hold her and her office in the highest regard," Saket Gokhale, an official spokesman with the TMC, said in a tweet on Saturday.
West Bengal Minister and TMC leader Akhil Giri on Friday made objectionable remarks against President Droupadi Murmu reflecting that the level of political discourse has reached another low.
Tripathi alleged that the former prime minister's remarks made fun of the BJP, which then had two MPs in the Lok Sabha in the form of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani.
Telangana High Court on Wednesday ordered the conditional release of expelled BJP leader T Raja Singh, arrested under stringent Preventive Detention (PD) law.
"Today, a video from Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh came to the fore, in which Congress' Mayor is seen making derogatory remarks about Hindu deities," the BJP spokesperson said, adding that Congress' only intention is to spread hatred towards Hinduism and humiliate them.
"A viral video came to notice through social media in which Mahant Yati Narsinghanand was making indecent remarks against the Hon'ble Prime Minister and other great men. Taking cognizance of which a case has been registered at Police Station Mussoorie," the SP said in a video.
Where has the word "Hindu" come from? It has come from Persia...So, what is its relation with India? How's 'Hindu' yours? Check on WhatsApp, and Wikipedia, the term isn't yours. Why do you want to put it on a pedestal?... Its meaning is horrible, Jarkiholi had said at a programme in Belagavi
RBI Deputy Governor M. Rajeshwar Rao made the remarks while delivering the keynote address at the launch of MFIN's India Microfinance Review in Mumbai on Friday.
These remarks came in response to the problem of excessive and one-size-fits-all epidemic prevention and control measures in some parts of the country amid the recent flare-up of COVID cases, state media outlet Global Times reported.
Rajender was reacting to the remarks made by the Chief Minister over the alleged poaching attempts by the BJP, in which he alleged that the BJP had "destroyed" the country and also "killed" the democracy in the country.
Sherlyn, who earlier filed a police complaint against #MeToo accused filmmaker Sajid Khan, had recently engaged in a war of words with Rakhi for coming out in support of Sajid and Raj Kundra.