Supriya Sule’s husband posted the exchange on Twitter, calling the BJP a “misogynistic” party.
New Delhi:
Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil, targeting Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Supriya Sule on Wednesday, made a hugely controversial remark that sparked outrage. “If you don’t understand politics, go home and cook,” he said during a protest against the MP.
The sexist remark was made as the two sides argued over reservations for OBC (Other Backward Class) in Maharashtra.
The BJP leader apparently responded to Supriya Sule who compared Maharashtra’s fight for OBC quotas to Madhya Pradesh’s and questioned how the BJP-ruled state got the green signal from the Supreme Court for quotas in local elections. Ms Sule, whose party shares power with the Shiv Sena and the Maharashtra Congress, said she had contacted the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, during his visit to Delhi, but he did not disclose what he did to delay the postponement. to get.
“The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh came to Delhi and met ‘someone’…I don’t know what happened suddenly in the next two days and they got the green light for OBC reservations,” Sule told a party rally in Marathi.
When the comment was passed on to the Maharashtra BJP president during his protest nearby, he snapped: “Why are you in politics anyway? Just go home and cook. Go to Delhi or to a cemetery, but make sure we get the OBC quota. Despite being a Lok Sabha member, how come you don’t know how to make an appointment with a Chief Minister?”
The NCP has rejected the comments, even asking Mr Patil to “learn how to make chapattis so he can help his wife at home”.
“He has no right to speak like that. He has no right to speak of my sister that way,” said Deputy Maharashtra Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, Ms Sule’s cousin.
The BJP accuses Maharashtra’s Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress coalition of not doing enough for OBC quota, which was put on hold by the Supreme Court. However, the Maharashtra government blames the Center for not providing any data.
Ms Sule’s husband Sadanand Sule posted the exchange on Twitter, calling the BJP a “misogynistic” party.
This is Maharashtra BJP President https://t.co/eu2TYNvsDZ speaking about Supriya…I have always maintained that they (BJP) are misogynistic and humiliating women whenever they can…
— sadanandsule (@sadanandsule) May 25, 2022
“I am proud of my wife who is a housewife, mother and SUCCESSFUL politician, one of many other hardworking and talented women in India… this is an insult to all women…” Sule said in a thread.
