"Why Can't PM Be Disqualified For Didi O Didi Taunts", Says Trinamool
NDTV
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee said he wants a case filed within a month
Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress, not on the same page as the Congress for a long while, has ripped into Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his "Didi O Didi" jibe and questioned why there should be a double standard in law. If the Surat court's judgment for Rahul Gandhi -- a two-year-jail term in a criminal defamation case over PM Modi's surname -- be taken as precedent, BJP leaders including the state's Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and the Prime Minister can also be sued, sentenced and disqualified, the party said.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee said he wants a case filed against Mr Adhikari within a month for his comments against a minister belonging to Scheduled Caste.
Speaking to reporters today, Abhishek Banerjee insisted that with his "Didi-O-Didi catcall" ahead of the assembly elections in Bengal, PM Modi had "insulted all women".
"Should the PM of India's membership not be cancelled for insulting women by catcalling the CM with 'Didi O Didi'? Why should his membership not be cancelled? He has insulted all women," Abhishek Banerjee said.
