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Maa Kali

Maa Kali remark: Swara Bhasker supports TMC MP Mahua Moitra

| @indiablooms | Jul 07, 2022, at 04:39 pm

New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Bollywood's left-leaning actor Swara Bhasker has extended her support to Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra whose comment on goddess Kali in reference to a film poster showcasing Kali smoking a cigarette stirred a massive row.

Supporting Moitra, Bhasker,  who is known for her anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stance, tweeted, ".@MahuaMoitra is awesome! More power to her voice!"

What is the controversy?

Speaking at the India Today Conclave East 2022, Moitra, who is an MP from West Bengal's Krishnanagar, said Tuesday, "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."

The poster of a documentary titled Kaali is creating quite a stir online for showing the Hindu goddess Kaali smoking a cigarette.

It all started after the director, Leena Manimekalai, shared the poster of the film on Twitter.

(Images: Facebook/Swara Bhasker/Mahua Moitra)

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