Bhopal: Former former education minister of Madhya Pradesh and Congress leader Jitu Patwari sparked controversy with his sexist remarks while trying to slam the Modi government.
In a tweet on Wednesday, which has now been deleted, Jitu Patwari compared the birth of a girl child with Modi government schemes. He wrote in Hindi, “Putra ke chakkar mein 5 putri paida ho gayi. 1 notebandi, 2 GST, 3 mehengai, 4 berozgaari, 5 mandi. Parantu abhi tak ‘Vikas’ paida nahi hua.”
(Translation: In the hope of having a son, we now have 5 daughters. 1 demonetisation, 2 GST, 3 inflation, 4 unemployment, 5 slowdown. However, Vikas is not born yet.)
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan criticised Patwari’s remarks and said, “At a time when the entire nation is proud of the sacrifices made by the likes of Rani Durgavati, Congress is busy insulting our daughters.”
आज एक तरफ पूरा देश रानी दुर्गावती के बलिदान को याद कर रहा है, तो दूसरी तरफ कांग्रेस बेटियों को अपमानित कर रही है।
क्या कांग्रेस की इसी विकृत मानसिकता की बलि नैना साहनी, सरला मिश्रा, प्रीति मिश्रा जैसी अनेक बेटियां चढ़ा दी गईं?
धिक्कार है कांग्रेस की ऐसी निकृष्टम विचारधारा पर! pic.twitter.com/1zU81IJL0w
— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) June 24, 2020
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“Daughters are worthy of worshiping. But BJP is trying to create controversy over one of my tweets, I would still like to insist that the entire country is still waiting for ‘Vikas’,” said Jitu Patwari in a follow-up tweet.
जहां तक बात बेटियों की है तो वो देवीतुल्य हैं।
विकास की अपेक्षा के साथ मैंने एक ट्वीट किया है जिसे बीजेपी अपनी कमज़ोरियों को छिपाने के लिये उपयोग कर रही है।
मैं अब भी कह रहा हूँ कि “विकास” का पूरे देश को इंतजार है।
— Jitu Patwari (@jitupatwari) June 24, 2020
मोदी जी ने नोटबंदी, जीएसटी, महंगाई, बेरोज़गारी और मंदी से देश की अर्थव्यवस्था की कमर तोड़ दी..!
—जनता यह सब केवल “विकास” की उम्मीद में सहन करती रही।
उपरोक्त आशय के साथ किये गये मेरे ट्वीट से यदि किसी की भावनायें आहत हुई हैं तो मैं खेद व्यक्त करता हूँ।
— Jitu Patwari (@jitupatwari) June 24, 2020
Meanwhile, BJP leader Sambit Patra on Wednesday approached the National Commission for Women against Patwari’s shocking remarks.
Respected Chairman @NCWIndia Ms @sharmarekha Ji,
Namaskar
Please take note of this highly misogynistic tweet of an elected representative which projects daughters as unwanted & in most regressive manner.
This should not go unpunished!
Thanks https://t.co/vdqkWKjbPO— Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) June 24, 2020
In a tweet Patra said, “please take note of this highly misogynistic tweet of an elected representative which projects daughters as unwanted & in most regressive manner.
This should not go unpunished!”
Replying to Patra, Rekha Sharma of NCW said, “sad that these people with this kind of mind set are calling themselves leaders. What are they teaching to their followers I wonder. Will ask for an explanation from him for sure”.