Urges SCW chief to ask Maharathy for a report
The BJP Mahila Morcha would gherao the Naveen Niwas here on Tuesday in protest against Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s silence on the alleged “two husbands” remark given against BJP women supporters by Agriculture Minsiter Pradeep Maharathy recently.
“While Minister Pradeep Maharathy’s comment has denigrated the integrity of the women community, the Chief Minister’s silence has hurt the women. In protest against his silence, we will gherao the Naveen Nivas on Tuesday,” said Morcha State president Pravati Parida at a Press meet here on Monday.
Parida alleged that the Chief Minister’s silence has proved that he is no serious as regards to protection of women in the State. However, she expressed hope that the CM would meet BJP Mahila workers and discussion about security of women on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.
Among others, former Minister Surama Padhi, BJP State vice-president Sukeshi Oram and State secretary Dr Lekhashree Samantsinghar were present.
Meanwhile, a team of the Mahila Morcha comprising vice-presidents Kananbala Patnaik, Niyati Giri and Dr Aischarya Biswal and Bhubaneswar unit president Minakshi Priyadarshini met the State Commission for Women Chairperson and urged to ask Maharathy for a report on the derogatory remark made by him.
The team apprised the Chairperson that Maharathy had in a video stated that 30,000 women (who were standing along Puri-Bhubaneswar road to welcome BJP national president Amit Shah recently) had two husbands each.