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Debjit Mukherjee: Speaking at the India Today Conclave East 2022 on Tuesday, Mahua Moitra sparked controversy by saying “Kaali to me is a meat-eating, alcohol-accepting goddess”.
She said “Kaali to me is a meat-eating, alcohol-accepting goddess. You have the freedom to imagine your goddess. There are some places where whiskey is offered to gods and in some other places it would be blasphemy”.
“When you go to Sikkim, you will see that they offer whiskey to Goddess Kaali. But if you go to Uttar Pradesh, and if you tell them that you offer whiskey to the goddess as ‘prasad’, they will call it blasphemy” she added.
The Bharatiya Janata Party demanded legal action as her words hurt Hindu sentiments. On the other hand, the ruling TMC took to Twitter and condemned her comments.
