‘TMC Chor’: Mahua Moitra faces anti-Trinamool slogans on flight, accuses ‘BJP culture’

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Marwa Moitra On Thursday, she shared a video showing a group of men raising anti-TMC slogans against her on a plane and urged Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu to put them on the no-fly list.Moitra said someone retweeted her video after ‘Sangees’ went viral on social media. The incident took place on an IndiGo flight from Kolkata to Delhi after it landed in the national capital.“Alert! I traveled to Delhi today on official business to attend a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defense. I was sitting on the 1st floor seats in 6E 719. A group of 4-6 men boarded the plane, looked askance at me, and walked to the back of the aircraft. They did just that when the flight landed and before the doors opened and filmed it all. This is not “citizen outrage.” This is harassment and a violation of my safety on the plane. There is no way these thugs would engage in such harassment on a plane. @IndiGo6E Find your crew report, name and shame them and ban the flight list @RamMNK please take action,” she posted on X.“This is the BJP culture. Why would anyone be surprised? I ignored it and went to my mtng from the airport. Then people reposted my Sanjith’s ‘viral’ video. That’s when I spoke out. @IndiGo6E told me they need to file a formal complaint. I am sending it,” the TMC MP added.In the video, a group of men can be heard shouting slogans such as “Jai Shri Ram”, “TMC chor”, “Pishi chor”, “Bhaipo chor” and “Trinamoole sab chor”. Moitra collected her luggage near the front of the plane.These slogans are obviously aimed at the TMC supremo Mamata BanerjeeOutgoing West Bengal Chief Minister and her nephew and Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee.The Trinamool Congress party has been in power in West Bengal since 2011 but failed to win a fourth consecutive term and won 80 seats in the 294-member parliament. The BJP won 207 seats and will form the first government in the state.Governor RN Ravi on Thursday dissolved the Assembly, ending the five-year term of the Upper House, even as Mamata Banerjee refused to resign, alleging irregularities at the Election Commission.Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Kolkata on Friday to announce the BJP’s choice as West Bengal chief minister, with a grand swearing-in ceremony planned for the next day.Suvendu Adhikari, once a close aide of Mamata Banerjee, has emerged as the frontrunner for the post after defeating her in the 2021 Nandigram contest and the recent elections held in her stronghold of Bhovanipur.The West Bengal assembly elections will be held from April 23 to 29, with counting of votes taking place on May 4.