Although the TMC MP hoped to score political brownies by pitching hypothetical stories about the government curbing individual freedom, the Jain community felt attacked at the deliberate targeting by Mahua Moitra.
It was a gimmick to grab headlines. The latkas and jhatkas of the item number did attract a lot of whistles, as we can see in the media and social media today, but it was not directed at the BJP. The targets were other people.
The 'gaumutra' jibe has been used by Islamists and their apologists, including the Pulwama terrorist Ahmed Dhar who had said he killed the CRPF soldiers to kill those who 'drink cow urine', to mock Indians, especially Hindus.
In the 2021 West Bengal state assembly elections, Mamata Banerjee had lost Nandigram seat to BJP's Suvendu Adhikari, who had left the TMC and joined the BJP earlier.