FIR Against Union Minister Sukanta For Likening Bengal’s Law & Order To ‘Sonagachi Sex Workers’

The party slammed the BJP and the Union Minister, saying they have an "ugly, hate-fuelled mindset that sees women as objects of abuse and insult, and the poor as tools to be exploited or mocked." 

TMC slammed Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar for comparing Bengal’s law and order situation to the sex workers of Sonagachi.

Source : PTI

Trinamool Congress launched a scathing attack on Union Minister and BJP leader Sukanta Majumder, accusing him of comparing West Bengal's law and order with the "sex workers of Sonagachi". The ruling party has targeted him for "insulting mothers and sisters of Sonagachi" and demanded that he retract his statement and issue an apology.

Later in the day, an FIR was registered against the West Bengal BJP unit president for his purported comment. The FIR was registered at Burtolla police station following a complaint lodged by a sex worker at Sonagachi, news agency PTI reported.

In the complaint, Majumdar has been accused of demeaning the sex workers of Sonagachi, a red light area in north Kolkata.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led TMC had shared a video its official X handle on June 21, wherein Majumder is heard saying, "You have turned the law and order into the sex workers of Sonagachi. This is the law of West Bengal." 

The party slammed the BJP and the Union Minister in the post, saying that they have an "ugly, hate-fuelled mindset that sees women as objects of abuse and insult, and the poor as tools to be exploited or mocked." 

This is the filth that passes for political discourse in @BJP4India today. Their State President @DrSukantaBJP compared Bengal’s law and order situation to “sex workers."

This filth came from a Central Minister. Not some fringe troll. Not some anonymous handle. A sitting MP who… pic.twitter.com/F1RkoDo2dv

— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) June 21, 2025

Amid the ongoing row, TMC leader Kunal Ghosh reiterated on Sunday that Majumdar insulted a section of women by his remarks and that it is important to consider the struggle and pain of sex workers.

"Sukanta Majumdar insulted the mothers and sisters of Sonagachi. They maybe sex workers, but please consider their struggle, their pain. Sukanta Majumdar has insulted the sex workers, a section of women," Kunal Ghosh said.

VIDEO | Kolkata: "Sukanta Majumdar insulted the mothers and sisters of Sonagachi. They maybe sex workers, but please consider their struggle, their pain. Sukanta Majumdar has insulted the sex workers, a section of women," says TMC leader Kunal Ghosh (@KunalGhoshAgain).

(Full… pic.twitter.com/19DiXxGdID

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 22, 2025

The TMC general secretary had also slammed Majumder in a video posted on the party's X handle, calling his remarks ugly. "He (Majumder) has been shouting and insulting the sex workers of Sonagachi. He has made distorted statements by comparing them politically, looking at them in poor light," Ghosh said. 

"Do you understand what sex workers of Sonagachi mean? Do you understand how much pain, tears, suffering and struggle they face? You need to apologise to these mothers and sisters. What right do you have to insult the mothers and sisters in that profession?" he said, demanding an apology from the Union Minister for his remarks.

Absolutely REVOLTING.

Sex workers are among the most marginalised and exploited women in our society. They battle stigma, survive abuse, and yet show unimaginable courage just to feed themselves and their children.

And what did @BJP4India State President @DrSukantaBJP do? He… pic.twitter.com/77ROVoka3M

— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) June 21, 2025

The remarks were reportedly made by Sukanta Majumder when he was trying to meet an NRI doctor who had protested during Banerjee's visit to Kellogg College in the UK earlier this year. The BJP leader was also detained in Kolkata's Bhowanipore on Friday.

Meanwhile, there has been no response from both Majumdar or the BJP over the alleged remarks made by the Union Minister in the video posted by the TMC.