Mahua Moitra slams BJP for accusing Opposition MPs of eating chicken near Gandhi statue

Without taking any names, TMC MP hits out at BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla, who raised the issue on Thursday 

Mahua Moitra: File Picture

TT Bureau And PTI   |   New Delhi   |    29.07.22  : TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Friday took a dig at the BJP for alleging that suspended MPs protesting under the Gandhi statue in Parliament complex ate chicken.

The demonstration was being held against the suspension of 24 MPs - 20 from Rajya Sabha and four Congress members from Lok Sabha.

Without taking any names, Mitra hit out at BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla, who raised the issue on Thursday, and Union Minister Smriti Irani, whose 18-year-old daughter has been accused of running an "illegal bar" in Goa by the Congress.

"BJP's hired help commenting on what food suspended MPs eat on dharna. Silly Souls! Don't you know your masters serve both tongue & cheek ?!" she tweeted. "Silly Souls" is the name of the place being linked to Irani's daughter.

According to an ANI report, Poonawalla quoted "media reports" to ridicule the suspended MPs.

"As per media reports, some suspended MPs protesting in front of Gandhi statue in Parliament consumed ‘Tandoori Chicken’....Everyone knows Gandhi Ji had staunch views on the slaughter of animals. Many people are asking if this was a protest or a farce and a picnic," he said.

"Far from discussing public issues, insulting the great personalities of the country has become a habit of the Congress," he said in Hindi. The Trinamul Congress served tandoori chicken to the protesting MPs on Wednesday, and fish fry on Thursday.

Among the MPs suspended by the Rajya Sabha Chairman for "misconduct", seven are from TMC, 6 from DMK, 3 from TRS, 2 from CPI(M) and 1 from CPI.