Amid the controversy around Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's sexist remark on the President of India Droupadi Murmu, former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati lambasted the leader of Congress in Lok Sabha by calling his ‘Rashtrapatni’ remark "shameful" and "highly condemnable".
Taking to Twitter on Thursday, Mayawati said, "The spectacular election of Droupadi Murmu ji as the first woman of the tribal society to the post of President of India is not liked by many. In this sequence, the objectionable remarks made by Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, against her are very sad, shameful and highly condemnable."
Mayawati slammed the Congress over Chowdhury's remark about Droupadi Murmu and said that the grand old party should apologise to the country.
"The proceedings of Parliament have also been disrupted today (Thursday), in protest against calling the Honourable Rashtrapati ji 'Rashtrapatni' on TV. It would be appropriate that the Congress party also apologises to the country for this and abandons its casteist mindset," the BSP chief tweeted.
Meanwhile, Mayawati has also taken seriously the theft of an elephant statue in the state capital. Mayawati said that the theft of an elephant statue from the memorial of saints of Dalit society, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Social Change Sthal (Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Prateek Sthal) was a matter of shame and concern. She tweeted that in the respect of great saints, gurus, great men born in the neglected, despised, Dalit and other backward classes in the country, the BSP government had built a grand Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar social transformation site and this area was now the main centre of tourism. She said the theft of an elephant statue from there was a matter of shame and concern.
Mayawati further said in the tweet that the neglect in protection and maintenance of the grand sites and monuments built by the BSP government earlier during the Samajwadi Party regime and now in the Bharatiya Janata Party rule was a cause of great concern.
The BSP supremo said while these places were a source of tourism income, the work being done at the Kanshi Ram memorial site and many other places was very sluggish and the government should pay attention to it.
It may be mentioned that the theft of an elephant statue has come to light from Buddha Vihar Park in state capital Lucknow. According to information, the elephant statue was installed in a fountain in Buddha Vihar Park developed on the Gomti Riverfront, and it has been stolen. No one other than the security personnel is allowed to enter the place from where the theft took place. The Gautampalli police have registered a case on the complaint of security personnel Niyaz Ahmed.