{"id":7840,"date":"2024-05-15T08:53:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T08:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/?p=7840"},"modified":"2024-05-15T08:53:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T08:53:40","slug":"in-poll-season-an-offer-to-cook-stirs-the-political-pot-the-indian-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/?p=7840","title":{"rendered":"In poll season, an offer to cook stirs the political pot – The Indian Express"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s offer to \u201ccook food\u201d for Prime Minister Narendra Modi elicited mixed responses from political parties, with the BJP terming it a \u201cpolitical agenda\u201d and the CPI(M) dubbing it as an \u201cunderstanding\u201d between the TMC and the BJP.
Taking a jibe at PM Modi for his recent allegation that RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav last month had fish during a period when some Hindus abstain from having non-vegetarian food, Banerjee on Monday said she was ready to \u201ccook something for him (Modi)\u201d if he wanted though she was not sure whether he would eat what she cooked.
Banerjee, at an election rally in Kolkata<\/a>, had made the remarks while taking a dig at the BJP<\/a> for allegedly interfering with the food habits of the people and had said she would be happy to cook food for Modi but is not sure “whether the PM will be ready to savour my cooked meal.\u201d \u201cI have been cooking since my childhood days. People have praised my cooking. But will Modi ji accept my food? Will he trust me? I will cook whatever he loves,\u201d she had said.
The TMC supremo had said, \u201cI love both vegetarian foods like dhokla and non-veg foods like macher jhol (fish curry). Different communities, and different sects among Hindus have their own unique rituals and eating habits. Who is BJP to impose a diktat on an individual’s dietary habits? It shows the BJP leadership has little idea and concern about the diversity and inclusivity of India and its people.\u201d
Banerjee’s offer to cook for the PM, who is a vegetarian, drew sharp reactions from the BJP. \u201cMamata Banerjee<\/a> wants to feed Modi ji with fish and rice cooked by her. Good proposal. But before that, why doesn’t she first offer pork chop to her lieutenant Firhad Hakim? It will serve three purposes, secularism will be asserted, it will show charity begins at home..,\u201d former BJP state chief and ex-Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy posted on X.
BJP leader Sankudeb Panda claimed Banerjee had deliberately invited Modi knowing well that he is a strict vegetarian. \u201cThis is nothing but her ploy to trap the PM. She knows on the one hand the PM will never eat fish or any non-veg item… She is insulting devout Sanatani Hindus,\u201d he added.
Reacting to Banerjee\u2019s comments, CPI(M) leader Bikash Bhattacharya said, \u201cBeing dada-bon (brother and sister), Mamata didi can certainly offer to cook meals for the prime minister, do not know if it is to placate him.\u201d
Bhattacharya was referring to the jibe \u2014 \u201cDidibhai-Modibhai\u201d \u2014 that the Left and the Bengal Congress unit use to refer to the alleged tacit understanding between the BJP and the TMC.
He said such comments in the backdrop of her public posturing against \u201cModi\u2019s divisive speeches show an apparent contradiction\u201d in what she publicly says and preaches in private.
BCCI is eyeing Stephen Fleming as the next head coach for Team India, considering his exceptional man-management skills and success at Chennai Super Kings. However, his current commitments with T20 teams may impact his decision. The board has started the search for a coach with strong technical knowledge and leadership abilities.
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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s offer to \u201ccook food\u201d for Prime Minister Narendra Modi elicited mixed responses from political parties, with the BJP terming it a \u201cpolitical agenda\u201d and the CPI(M) dubbing it as an \u201cunderstanding\u201d between the TMC and the BJP.Taking a jibe at PM Modi for his recent allegation that RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7840\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}