The Haryana Women’s Commission has summoned Congress chief Randeep Singh Surjewala over his controversial remarks against Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) MP Hema Malini. The Congress chief has been requested to seem earlier than the fee on April 9. The fee’s strict motion got here over Surjewala’s “vile and sexist” remarks against Malini on Wednesday.
BJP’s IT Cell shares video
Earlier on Wednesday, BJP’s IT division head Amit Malviya shared a video wherein the Congress MP Surjewala may very well be seen making a “vile sexist comment” against Malini. “Congress MP Randeep Surjewala makes a vile sexist comment, that is demeaning and derogatory, not just for Hema Malini, who is an accomplished individual, but women in general. He asks, ‘Why do we make MLA? So that they can raise their voice, and get our views accepted. Is there any Hema Malini who is made to lick?’ Who thinks of women as something to lick? That is the most disgusting description someone can come up with. Just the other day, Surjewala’s colleague was asking the ‘rate’ of another BJP woman leader, and now this… This is Rahul Gandhi’s Congress. It is misogynistic and abhors women,” Malviya posted on X.
Surjewala questions authenticity of video
Referring to this, Surjewala stated that the video posted by the BJP chief has been edited, distorted and shared to distract the nation from the Modi authorities’s anti-youth, anti-farmer, anti-poor insurance policies and its conspiracy to destroy the Constitution of India. “BJP’s IT Cell has developed a habit of editing, distorting and spreading fake news so that it can distract the country from the Modi government’s anti-youth, anti-farmer, anti-poor policies and failures and its conspiracy to destroy the Constitution of India,” he stated. “Listen to the full video – I said, “We additionally respect Hema Malini quite a bit as a result of she is married to Dharmendra ji and is our daughter-in-law,” the Congress chief added.
Hema Malini reacts
Reacting to the controversy, Hema Malini, the latter stated on Thursday that the leaders of the opposition ought to learn to respect girls from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking to the reporters in Mathura, earlier than submitting her nominations for the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP chief and Bollywood veteran stated that the opposition targets solely ‘widespread folks’. “They target only popular people because targeting the unpopular ones won’t do them any good… They should learn how to respect women from PM Narendra Modi,” she stated. Hema additional expressed her happiness over her re-nomination within the Lok Sabha elections from Mathura.
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