The BJP candidate, through her counsel, urged the commissions to take immediate action against the TMC leader for “violating her right to privacy, outraging her modesty, and breaching provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Protection (Prevention of Atrocities) Act”.In response to the TMC leader’s post, National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma criticised the TMC government.”Is @MamataOfficial is paying from her own pocket? That’s taxpayers money and is for every citizen of West Bengal. Is it only for @AITCofficial workers? And what do you mean by Delhi’s Jomidars? Is West Bengal not part of India? You people behave as if Momta Benarji own the state,” Sharma.TMC’s Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose responded, criticising the NCW chairperson’s spelling error in mentioning Mamata Banerjee’s name.”Would be good if the chief of the National Commission of Women knew how to spell the name of India’s only woman chief minister”, she said in her post.Patra, through her lawyer, highlighted the political opposition faced by her since she was nominated by the BJP.Her counsel also emphasised Patra’s role in leading the protests against individuals, accused of threatening and sexually assaulting women in Sandeshkhali.Patra is a housewife from the troubled region of Sandeshkhali who was allegedly tortured at the hands of arrested TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh and his cohorts. She was recently nominated by the BJP to contest from Basirhat Lok Sabha seat, of which Sandeshkhali is a part.Prime Minister Narendra Modi had recently referred to Patra as ‘shakti swaroopa’.
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