Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Scindia hold silent protests over Kamal Nath’s ‘item’ remark

यत्र नार्यस्तु पूज्यन्ते रमंते तत्र देवताः के देश में कमलनाथ जी ने बहन इमरती देवी पर अमर्यादित टिप्पणी कर केवल उनका नहीं,बल्कि हर बहन-बेटी का अपमान किया है।

कांग्रेस के महिला विरोधी निकृष्ट बयानों के विरुद्ध भोपाल में मौन धरना के पश्चात विचार साझा किया।https://t.co/WynBUz7TjR https://t.co/yR3IInVmzu pic.twitter.com/ygjuXDwv5L

— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) October 19, 2020

Chouhan along with state ministers Narottam Mishra, Bhupendra Singh, Vishwas Sarang and some women members of the BJP began the ‘maun vrat’ (silent fast) at Minto Hall in Bhopal at 10 am.

BJP’s Rajya Sabha member Scindia and Lok Sabha member Shankar Lalwani sat on the silent protest at Regal Square in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Indore city. Besides, Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Madhya Pradesh BJP president Vishnu Dutt Sharma, senior party leader Prabhat Jha along with some other leaders staged a similar protest in Gwalior.

The BJP lodged a complaint with the Election Commission saying that the remark was an “insult” to women leaders and the SC community.

Shivraj Chouhan had earlier said Nath’s remark was disrespectful not just to the BJP minister, but each and every woman in the Gwalior-Chambal region. “With your cheap statement, Congress’ crooked and despicable mentality has come to the fore again. You have not just disrespected Smt Imarti Devi, but each and every girl and sister of Gwalior-Chambal region,” Chouhan tweeted.

Imarti Devi, state cabinet minister for Women and Child Development, was one of the 22 MLAs who resigned in March, bringing down the Kamal Nath-led government in Madhya Pradesh. She subsequently joined the BJP and is now a party candidate for the bypoll in Dabra, a seat reserved for SC candidates.

The Madhya Pradesh bypolls will be held on November 3 and the counting of votes will be done on November 10.