Worried about their future in the holy town of Vrindavan after local MP Hema Malini's "outsider" remarks, a group of widows today left for their home state West Bengal where they want to discuss the matter with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

"What Hema Malini has said is scary. Does she want to remove us from here? Where will we go?" 65-old-year Aarti Nath said.

She had left her Howrah home four years ago after her son started misbehaving following her husband's death.

Vrindavan, where thousands of widows live and worship Lord Krishna, was her only refuge.

Along with 50 others, she left for Kolkata today from Vrindavan to celebrate Durga Puja.

They have sought an appointment with the CM and Governor K N Tripathi to discuss the matter with them during their stay.

"We will talk to her on this if the government can help us. Not all of us go and beg in temples. We have been given a bad name," another widow who stays in an ashram sponsored by NGO Sulabh said.

The former screen goddess and now a BJP MP Hema Malini had recently stoked controversy with her remarks that widows from West Bengal and Bihar should not crowd Vrindavan.