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BJP MLA from Mughalsarai Sadhana Singh remarks that the BSP chief Mayawati is a “shame on the entire womankind” and she is “worse than a eunuch” has created a political row in the state.
Soon after BJP leader, Sadhana Singh came to media, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Satish Chandra Mishra said the UP MLA is “mentally ill” and “must be admitted to the mental hospital of Agra or Bareli”. “The language used by BJP leader Sadhana Singh against our party President Mayawati shows the level of the BJP. The level of language shows their mental illness. Such people should be admitted to the mental hospital of Agra or Bareli,” Mishra said.
While addressing a public gathering on Saturday, Singh, without referring to the guest house incident where the BSP chief and several other party leaders were attacked by Samajwadi Party (SP) workers, had said that a woman, who underwent a “chirharan” (disrobe) is now compromising with the perpetrators. Singh claimed, “she is worse than a eunuch”.
Samajwadi Party, also condemned the statement. “The kind of words used for Mayawati by BJP’s woman MLA from Mughalsarai is highly objectionable. I condemn the statement. BJP has become completely bankrupt when it comes to morals. They are just frustrated. The statement is an insult to the women of the country,” party chief Akhilesh Yadav said.
मुगलसराय से भाजपा की महिला विधायक ने जिस तरह के आपत्तिजनक अपशब्द सुश्री मायावती जी के लिए प्रयोग किए हैं वे घोर निंदनीय हैं. ये भाजपा के नैतिक दिवालियापन और हताशा का प्रतीक है. ये देश की महिलाओं का भी अपमान है.
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) January 19, 2019
While announcing their tie-up, the former UP CM had sent out a clear message that from now, Mayawati’s disrespect will be his disrespect. “From today onwards, all the SP workers should know that the disrespect of Mayawati ji will be my disrespect,” he had said.
In the past, too, BJP leaders have made objectionable remarks against the BSP chief. In 2016, the then UP BJP vice president Daya Shanker was expelled for using derogatory language. However, post this incident Daya Shanker’s wife Swati Singh was given BJP ticket in 2017 assembly elections and today, she is a minister in the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government.