Karnataka Congress MLA Shamanur Shivashankarappa sparked a row over his controversial feedback towards BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from the Davangere seat. Whereas campaigning for his daughter-in-law Prabha Mallikarjun, who’s the Congress’s candidate on the seat, the MLA mentioned the BJP candidate “solely is aware of how you can cook dinner within the kitchen”.
The BJP has fielded Gayathri Siddeshwara, the spouse of Davangere MP GM Siddeshwara, because the celebration’s candidate for the seat.
Referring to Gayathri Siddeshwara, Shamanur Shivashankarappa mentioned, “As you all know, she needed to present a Lotus flower to (PM) Modi by successful the elections. First, allow them to perceive the issues of Davangere. Now we have finished developmental work within the area. It is one factor if you understand how to speak, however they solely know how you can cook dinner within the kitchen. The opposition celebration lacks the power to speak in public.”
The BJP has lodged a criticism with the Election Fee towards the Congress MLA over his comment.
Reacting to Shivashankarappa’s comment towards her, Gayathri Siddeshwara questioned which career has not been taken up by girls within the current.
“He mentioned it in a method that we should always solely cook dinner and stay within the kitchen. What career are girls not in right now? We’re even flying within the sky. The outdated man does not know the way a lot girls have progressed, he does not know the love with which all girls cook dinner at dwelling for males, youngsters and elders,” mentioned Siddeshwara.
She added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has helped girls develop and turn into impartial.
Karnataka BJP Vice President Malavika Avinash mentioned it was “stunning” that Shamanur Shivashankarappa made such remarks because the Congress chief’s daughter-in-law can also be within the fray.
“One is absolutely shocked that he ought to have spoken in such a lowly method of one other woman who’s contesting from that constituency,” mentioned Avinash. She demanded an apology from the Congress over the MLA’s comment and mentioned it has turn into “routine behaviour” of the celebration.
She talked about Congress chief Supriya Shrinate’s purported objectionable remarks about Kangana Ranaut, who’s the BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate for Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi seat.
“This has turn into a behavior that folks say such undesirable, unwarranted issues about girls. And Mr Shamanur Shivashankarappa truly mentioned that Gayathri Siddeshwara ought to be at dwelling. Is it so sir? This isn’t a day and time when girls sit at dwelling. Certainly, they do run their houses too. However together with that, they fly fighter jet planes, they go into house. That is the sort of girls that India is producing,” mentioned the BJP chief.
She accused the Congress of getting a “typical conventional typical mindset which speaks so lowly of girls” and demanded an apology from the celebration for the MLA’s remarks.
