India Tomorrow Web Desk
NEW DELHI—Trinamool Congress has demanded an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi who, in his Independence Day speech, said that freedom fighter Matangini Hazra hailed from Assam.
West Bengal TMC general secretary Kunal Ghosh, in a tweet, said that PM Modi has scant knowledge of history and he merely read out from a written text in a “dramatic style”.
“@BJP4India Matangini Hazra from Assam? R u mad? U don’t know history. U have no feelings. You just read a written speech (that also by others) with drama,” Ghosh tweeted.
He added, “This is insult to Bengal. You must beg apology. Hope Your LOP from East Midnapore will also condemn such a mistake.”
In another tweet, All India Trinamool Congress said that PM had insulted Bengal once again. AITC alleged that PM has “scant regard for our glorious history”.
“Matangini Hazra is a freedom fighter from bengal, Mr. @narendramodi ! With such scant regard for our glorious history, you have insulted all of #Bengal once again. Is @BJP4India committed to erasing our history? Mocking it as they please? SHAME”, Trinamool Congress tweeted.
West Bengal Congress leader Pradip Bhattacharya described it as a “serious mistake by the PM showing his ignorance about Bengal’s history and its contribution to the freedom struggle”.
However, WB BJP president Dilip Ghosh said that it was a minor mistake and the TMC is deliberately highlighting it.
