Mahua Moitra sparks row on Goddess Kaali, BJP demands apology for 'insult'

Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra on Tueday said, "For me, Goddess Kali is a meat-eating and alcohol-accepting goddess"

Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday sparked a row after she said she has every right as an individual to imagine Goddess Kali as a meat-eating and alcohol-accepting goddess. Her remark on Goddess Kaali came when a film poster on Kaali by director Leena Manimekalai stirred controversy after the Goddess was seen smoking in the poster. 

Moitra, while speaking at the India Today conclave, said, "For me, Goddess Kali is a meat-eating and alcohol-accepting goddess. And if you go to Tarapith (a major Shakti peeth in West Bengal's Birbhum district), you will see sadhus smoking. That is the