The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday wrote to the National Commission for Women (NCW), and requested for immediate arrest of West Bengal Minister and TMC leader Akhil Giri and take appropriate action against him and "try to dismiss him from the MLA post also" over his objectionable remark on the President of India Droupadi Murmu.

"Trinamool leader Akhil Giri, during a meeting in Nandigram, has collectively commented on The Respected President Shrimati Droupadi Murmu Ji for her Looks and her Caste he says "Deakte valo noi. Aha-ha ke Rupushi! Amra ruper bacher kori na. Tumar Rastropati kamon deakte Baba?" West Bengal BJP MP Saumitra Khan said in a letter to the commission on Saturday.