Tripura CPM leader Jitendra Chaudhury draws BJP ire for ‘the taller one is, the dumber one is’ remark

Chaudhury’s remark, made during a political gathering at Harina in South Tripura on Monday, touched a raw nerve with the ruling BJP, given that the party’s MP Biplab Kumar Deb, who is tall and a fitness enthusiast, would often face sharp jibes from the CPM over some of his controversial comments when he was the chief minister.

The Leader of the Opposition did not name anyone, though.

Reacting to Chaudhury’s remark, Lal cited the examples of several eminent people such as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Rabindranath Tagore, Satyajit Ray, Bengali actor Soumitra Chattopadhyay, wrestler Satpal Singh, Amitabh Bachchan, cricketer Ishant Sharma, Odisha’s former chief minister Biju Patnaik, and Tripura’s longest-serving chief minister Manik Sarkar.

The BJP minister said Chaudhury insulted all these people with his remark and that he implied they were not intelligent.

Lal further said Chaudhury was dropped from former chief minister Sarkar’s cabinet over his alleged involvement in a ginger scam that took place during Left Front rule, adding that a file had been maintained documenting the CPM leader’s alleged misdeeds.