http://www.oneindia.com/kolkata/west-bengal-chief-minister-mamata-banerjee-uses-slang-again-1581322.html
Bamboos and backsides: Bhadralok 'horror' at Mamata is classist and sexist
Mamata Banerjee's 'bamboo' cuss outrages Bengal
Use of street lingo is, however, nothing new when it comes to Trinamool.
KOLKATA: Even as Trinamool Congress on Thursday staged a walkout in Parliament to protest against the derogatory remarks by Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, back home in Bengal, the party was mum on its leader's culpability at a public forum where she used rank bad language.
At a public rally in Jalpaiguri on Wednesday, Mamata had used crass words replete with invectives and accompanied by gestures that were downright vulgar. Upset with CPM for approaching PM Narendra Modi on the Saradha probe, Mamata had said, "Nijera 34 bochhor khamatai chhilo. Kichhu korte pareni, aar jara korche tader bamboo diye berachhe. Bamboo jangale hoi, ghar bari toirir kaje lage, jane na bamboo jake tara kore she palate path pai na. Amader chamkale amra garjai..." (They were in power for 34 years, but could do nothing. Instead they are trying to figure out how to shove bamboos up the ... of those who are doing it)"
A day after her crude outburst, artists, writers and academics — a group she had actively courted till not so long ago — were united in saying that she had embarrassed them and the state of Bengal.
At a public rally in Jalpaiguri on Wednesday, Mamata had used crass words replete with invectives and accompanied by gestures that were downright vulgar. Upset with CPM for approaching PM Narendra Modi on the Saradha probe, Mamata had said, "Nijera 34 bochhor khamatai chhilo. Kichhu korte pareni, aar jara korche tader bamboo diye berachhe. Bamboo jangale hoi, ghar bari toirir kaje lage, jane na bamboo jake tara kore she palate path pai na. Amader chamkale amra garjai..." (They were in power for 34 years, but could do nothing. Instead they are trying to figure out how to shove bamboos up the ... of those who are doing it)"
A day after her crude outburst, artists, writers and academics — a group she had actively courted till not so long ago — were united in saying that she had embarrassed them and the state of Bengal.
"This was never seen in Bengal," said theatre actor Chandan Sen. "Politicians here had often towered over others. But this chief minister's continued use of road slang isn't only demeaning her, but also each one of us. This has to stop. This isn't politics any more. This isn't Bengal either."
Painter Wasim Kapoor said the chief minister herself was a writer and a poet. Writer Shobhaa De tweeted: "'Bamboo on the backside': I nominate it for Phrase of the Year. Thank you, Mamata Banerjee."
"We have some expectations from our leaders," said academic and author Nabanita Deb Sen. "The time, place and social responsibility of the speaker matters. You have to treat your language with care, otherwise you embarrass people. One is disappointed to hear such language..."
(West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a TMC rally in Siliguri.)
Linguist Pabitra Sarkar was more scathing. "For the last three years, there has been a decay in the political language in Bengal. While I shudder to think what my grandchild will make of such comments, I hope that the younger generation will dismiss such street language."
Use of such street lingo is, however, nothing new when it comes to Trinamool. State transport minister Madan Mitra had said while warning a police inspector, "Kaner gorai debo na... (Will box your ears)." Trinamool leader Sonali Guha had also used such slang while she was in the opposition.
Experts wonder whether the use of street lingo — once restricted to raucous gatherings, and strictly banished by the true-blue bhadralok — is an attempt to connect with those who attend the chief minister's rallies. Professor Achinta Biswas of Jadavpur University said: "People clapping and appreciating such comments is the bigger concern to me. It's not only the language; the gestures she made are also vulgar."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mamata-Banerjees-bamboo-cuss-outrages-Bengal/articleshow/45379665.cms
Crossing the line: Mamata Banerjee takes the lead in use of foul language
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times Kolkata Kolkata, December 08, 2014A new kind of intimidation tactic has emerged in the political theatre of Bengal, and this time the chief minister herself stands as the accused. Mamata Banerjee has led her party colleagues in hitting a new low of foul language use.
The latest episode happened a day after the CBI arrested Srinjoy Bose, Trinamool Congress MP.
While speaking to party workers on November 22, the CM said, “Ke tumi salla? Naam jane na keu. (Who are you bugger? No one knows your name),” while targeting a BJP leader.
On December 3, Banerjee once again crossed limits of decency in speech: “Nijeyra kortey pareyni, jara korchhey sharakkhon tadeyr pechhoney ki korey bamboo dewa jay tar chinta korey jachhey. (They couldn’t themselves work for the people, they are always trying to figure out how to shove bamboos up the... of those who are doing it).”
“Mamata is feeling threatened, and therefore, resorting to such language and behaviour,” BJP national secretary Siddharth Nath Singh claimed.
In June, TMC MP Tapas Paul had threatened to unleash his boys and rape women supporters of CPI(M). Food minister Jyotipriyo Mullick also asked his supporters to socially boycott CPI(M) workers, and even treat them as one treats venomous snakes.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/kolkata/didi-outshines-others-in-foul-language-use/article1-1294245.aspx
KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee’s repeated use of foul language, unprecedented in the state’s political history, has drawn flak not only from the Opposition’ but also from leading citizens. CPM leader Sujan Chakraborty said, “Her actions and use of words don’t befit a CM. It is an insult to Bengali culture. As Bengalis, we are feeling ashamed.”Shamik Bhattacharya, BJP MLA said, “She is displaying the culture of the TMC and the Bengali culture never approves of such behaviour from a Chief Minister.”
Veteran Congress leader Abdul Mannan remarked, “She should realise that she represents the people of Bengal. Use of such foul language is an insult to the people of West Bengal and our culture.”
Commenting on Mamata’s frequent digs at the media and abuse of it, former Chief Justice of HC, Bhagabati Prasad Banerjee said, “These actions and language prove that some people are yet to learn from the outcome faced by former (late) Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who imposed Emergency to gag the media. The media’s job is to criticise and highlight the failures of the government. That is Democracy.”
During her speech at an official public meeting in North Bengal on Wednesday, Mamata had said, “Peace prevails in the hills, as well as in Junglemahal now. But they can’t tolerate it. They couldn’t achieve it and that’s why they are always planning to give bamboo from the back. Just because you own a channel, you cannot just say anything you like. Limits are being crossed.”
“Bamboos are grown in jungles and used to make houses. They don’t know while giving bamboo to others, when bamboo will chase them, where they will seek shelter,” she had said, while gesturing with her right hand.
Reacting to the BJP’s state in-charge Siddharth Nath Singh’s slogan “Bhaag Mamata Bhaag”, during party president Amit Shah’s rally on November 30, she had remarked in Bengali, “Some are saying flee from Bengal. How dare! There is a saying that if you fly too high, you will be wiped out by a storm”.
During a TMC workers’ meeting on November 22, she had called Shah and Singh “shaala” and then immediately withdrew the word, but remarked, “No one has ever heard their names in Bengal.”
She used her right hand to gesture vulgarly and said, “Since I went to Delhi Tumpai had to bambooed and arrested? I will go to Delhi repeatedly, a hundred times”.
TMC Rajya Sabha MP Srinjoy Basu alias Tumpai was arrested by the CBI for his alleged involvement in the Saradha scam.