Surjya Kanta Mishra The Telegraph pictureCPM state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra appears to have scored an own goal for the beleaguered Left in Bengal, asking for votes by mocking English pronunciations on Twitter in what was seen by some as a jibe at Mamata Banerjee. On Monday, Mishra posted a tweet bemoaning the absence of the consonant ‘r’ in English words and asking for votes to “get the R back”. ““Gobment, poblem, theat, poposal, popaganda, poperly, pocuring, pocess, popety, pice, kalpits, potection, pesident, poject.. and the list goes on!!! If you want the “R” back.... vote judiciously! “And those who you are asking for your vote from know not even an A, B, C….

Source: The Telegraph April 30, 2019 19:41 UTC