TMC'S Firhad Hakim calls women 'maal'; faces BJP ire

'Maal' is a very cheap, sleazy word... a very disrespectful word towards women and I am sure that not only 'janab' Firhad Hakim, all the MPs, MLAs and the party members of TMC think that the women of Bengal are 'maal', which is 'bhogya vastu,' said BJP leader Agnimitra Paul

The BJP on Thursday lashed out at West Bengal minister Firhad Hakim for allegedly calling all women as 'maal', news agency ANI reported.

BJP leader Agnimitra Paul told PTI, "It is very shocking and very shameful that TMC minister and very close... so called the right hand of our Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Firhad Hakim has called the women of Bengal 'maal'. 'Maal' is a very cheap, sleazy word... a very disrespectful word towards women and I am sure that not only 'janab' Firhad Hakim, all the MPs, MLAs and the party members of TMC think that the women of Bengal are 'maal', which is 'bhogya vastu'. We are not very shocked 'janab' Firhad Hakim because this is the way your government has been treating us."

This comes after the row in Maharashtra over Shaina NC being called 'imported maal' by Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Arvind Sawant. Slamming the comments, the BJP-turned-Shiv Sena leader who is contesting the assembly elections set the record straight, saying 'mahila hoon, maal nahi'.

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