The BJP on Tuesday tweeted an undated video of Trinamool Congress MLA Arundhuti Maitra, better known as Lovely Maitra, calling the doctors protesting over the Kolkata rape-murder case "butchers". In another purported video tweeted by the BJP, the MLA is seen saying that she knows how to "lower" the fingers pointing at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Sharing a video of Lovely Maitra on her X handle, Keya Ghosh said, "TMC MLA Lovely Maitra now compares doctors with butchers! Sincerely hope if god forbid Lovely Moitra falls ill, she won't go to any of these 'butchers' for her treatment. Also, did I mention that her husband is an IPS officer serving under TMC Govt?"
The development comes amid a protracted war of words between the BJP and the TMC over the three-week-long protests following the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital on August 9.
In the purported video, the TMC MLA can be heard saying, "Day by day, doctors are turning into butchers. What are they doing in the name of protest? The poorest of the poor who come from rural areas and cannot afford treatment at private hospitals are suffering due to a lack of medical care in government hospitals. They are not getting any treatment. Are these people humane? Are these people human? Doctors are turning into butchers."
The protests by the doctors across the country have refused to die down despite the Supreme Court requesting them to resume their duties.
Keya Ghosh also shared another part of Maitra's address, accusing her of threatening the protesting doctors. "MLA madam did not only stop at calling doctors as butchers. She claims she knows how to 'lower' the fingers pointing at Mamata Banerjee," Ghosh tweeted.
Meanwhile, no response was available from Maitra after the BJP leader shared her video on X.
Arundhuti Maitra, also an actor, is the TMC MLA from the Sonarpur South assembly seat of the South 24 Parganas district.
