Misogynistic remarks against women politicians in India are common enough, but a Trinamool Congress MP's comments on actor-turned-BJP politican Roopa Ganguly has touched a new low. 


Ganguly famously played Draupadi in the blockbuster television serial Mahabharata.


"I know the length of the cigarettes she smokes" and "She really is Draupadi" were among the vicious and offensive remarks in a character assassination by Rezzakh Mollah, who was a minister in the Left government. He was expelled by the Left in 2014 and joined the Trinamoool in February. 
 

Ganguly told NDTV that it was "beneath my dignity" to comment on the remarks made against her. Her party has complained about his statements, made on a local television channel, to the Election Commission and has asked for "the strictest action".
 

Ganguly is running from Howrah North near Kolkata against former cricketer Laxmi Ratan Shukla who is a member of the Trinamool. Bengal has completed three of seven days of voting spread over this month and next.