"Street-Side Fellow": Trinamool's Mahua Moitra On PM's "Didi-O-Didi" Digs

"There is something we have in Bengal called 'rock-er chhele', which means a street-side fellow who sits on a wall and who basically calls out to every lady walking past, saying "Diddi, ei diddi". This is Prime Minister doing this," Mohua Moitra told NDTV.

Leaders of Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress, riled over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's taunt to Mamata Banerjee on whether she wants to contest from another seat,  gave a decided negative on Thursday, albeit off the record. What infuriated party MP Mahua Moitra was something else.   ‘Contesting from second seat?'PM Modi jabs Mamata BanerjeeYes Mr. Prime Minister, she will.And it will be Varanasi!So go get your armour on. "There is something we have in Bengal called 'rock-er chhele', which means a street-side fellow who sits on a wall and who basically calls out to every lady walking past, saying "Diddi, ei diddi". This is Prime Minister doing this," Ms Moitra told NDTV on Thursday. Asked if she meant it was a catcall, Ms Moitra shot back, "Don't take it out of context. Please. But doesn't it sound like that? What does it sound like?" Then she went on to add:  "That the Prime Minister in a rally with lakh of people (talks) about a sitting Chief Minister saying (mockingly) 'Diddi o diddi'. Would you say that? would he say that about his mother?  Would he say that about his sister? Would he say that about his estranged wife? Would he say that about anybody? How is that okay? Is this Prime Minister going to come and teach us about decorum? This is a Prime Minister sitting here chortling a sitting Chief Minister in the cheapest, basest way possible."