Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday stated he had warned a ministerial colleague for making a controversial assertion about “upper caste women” who’s within the eye of a storm.
Tribal chief and minister Bisahulal Singh had created a storm whereas addressing a gathering in Anuppur district on Wednesday by speaking about girls and their work within the background of social strata.
“Elder people like Thakurs, Thakars and some other elders confine their women to homes and do not allow them to go out,” whereas “in our villages (lower strata of society) women work in the fields and take care of the household. Works too. work”, he had stated.
“Take out the Thakurs – the ladies of the elders – from their properties. Won’t this transfer them ahead?” he requested.
In a press release issued on Sunday, CM Chouhan stated, “I had simply referred to as up Bisahulal Singh ji. He has publicly apologized for his assertion. Whatever the sentiment, the message shouldn’t be misplaced. Every phrase must be spoken rigorously. I’ve warned that such statements shouldn’t be made below any circumstances.
Chouhan additional stated that expression of such sentiments, which supplies fallacious message to the folks, whoever the individual is, is not going to be forgiven, including that “respect of mother, sister and daughter is paramount for BJP, its government and me”. “.
MP BJP President VD Sharma additionally expressed remorse over the assertion of the tribal chief and referred to as it unlucky. “It is unlucky. This shouldn’t have occurred. If the feelings of any part of the society have been harm by his (Singh’s) assertion, then because the state president of the social gathering, I apologize on behalf of the social gathering.
Singh, who had earlier apologized, launched a video throughout the day as soon as once more expressing his remorse.
The assertion had earned the ire of the Shri Rajput Karni Sena, which had burnt an effigy of the minister on Friday and surrounded his automotive and confirmed him black flags on Saturday.
Congress MLA Jaivardhan Singh, who’s Thakur himself, had additionally condemned the assertion of Singh, who by the way was a loyalist of former father and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijay Singh.
Bisahulal had left the Congress and joined the BJP final yr.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
