Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil has landed in controversy with his recent sexist remarks on NCP MP Supriya Sule, asking her to “go home and cook”.
Patil made the remarks during a protest demanding reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the state BJP unit elections in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Sule, whose party shares power with the Shiv Sena and Congress in Maharashtra, had said that he had approached Madhya Pradesh MP Shivraj Singh Chouhan during his Delhi visit to ask the Supreme Court for approval for reservation. did. OBC in the local body elections in the state. Sule said that MP CM Chouhan did not give details on this.
Responding to this, Patil, during the BJP’s protest on Wednesday, hit out at Sule, who is also the daughter of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, saying, “Why are you [Sule] Even in politics, just go home and cook. Go to Delhi or graveyard, but give us OBC quota. Despite being a Lok Sabha member, how come you don’t know how to get time with the Chief Minister. ,
Countering Patil’s remarks, NCP’s state women’s wing president Vidya Chavan, without naming her, said that a person who denied ticket to a sitting woman MLA and contested from her constituency was a bad word of an MP. which has been awarded. Parliament Ratna Award [for good performance] twice. “We know you believe in Manusmriti, but we will not remain silent any longer,” she said. The NCP leader quipped, “He should learn to make chapatis so that he can help his wife at home.”
Supriya Sule’s husband Sadanand Sule also condemned Patil’s remarks saying, “It is speaking about Maharashtra BJP president Supriya. I’ve always made sure they [BJP] Wrong and despicable women whenever they can.” “I am proud of my wife who is a homemaker, mother and a successful politician, who is one of the many other hardworking and talented women of India. He said that it was all It is an insult to women.
(with PTI inputs)
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