JU fracas : Supiryo condemns meme on veteran elocutionist

Union minister Babul Supriyo on Tuesday 'condemned' a current meme in the social media against imminent Bengali elocutionist Urmimala Bose.

Bose, who had in a Facebook post on September 22 praised the agitating Left students of Jadavpur University "in the present difficult times of the country", was greeted with derogatory remarks having sexist innuendos in a meme in social media on September 23.

The meme has triggered outrage with many prominent personalities including poet Joy Goswami and singer Srikanto Acharya expressing shock.

Condemning the meme, the union minister said in his official Twitter handle on Tuesday, "I deeply and very very strongly condemn this kind of memes !!!! Let's not resort to this kind of deplorable trash....."
"Such comments are painful but as a 73-year-old I am more alarmed about the future of young students who must be about the age of my grand children, the threats they are facing, they will be facing in the coming days. I am apprehensive about the dangers ahead."
In another tweet on Tuesday Supriyo said "Dear Urmimaladi, your religion may be Left, but you have not been born blind. Why can't you see the real truth, or don't you want to to see it!"