BJP MP Scolds Woman Vendor For Not Putting “Bindi” At A Woman’s Day Event. Inka Basics Hi Clear Nahi Hai!
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Sometimes no matter how hard you try to fight back against regressive ideas of people, you will never be able to end it entirely. Such a conservative and patriarchal mindset is rooted in some people that they fail to understand that the world is changing now. Recently, a BJP leader from Karnataka certainly fits under the above-mentioned category of people. He is making headlines for scolding a woman because she was not wearing a Bindi! It sounds ridiculous, however, this is also a reality in the country right now. And he said THIS at a Women’s Day event, imagine!
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Basically, Bindi is a dot that a woman puts on her forehead, and this is a practice done mandatorily by a married woman in India. However, that’s not the case anymore, as it is a choice now! But BJP leader, S Muniswamy, an MP from Karnataka’s Kolar district does not understand the word choice, as he felt right to publicly scold a woman at a “Women’s Day” event for not wearing a Bindi. He went ahead to remind the woman that she has a husband and should therefore put Bindi. The woman was a vendor in a local shop and the BJP MP also questioned her common sense for not wearing a Bindi, as per the news.
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In this digital world, such acts are quickly captured and circulated on social media, and it also happened in this case. The BJP MP received a severe backlash, especially from people of the opposition party.
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There are so many problematic things in this situation. How can the BJP leader take the right to scold the woman publicly for something he clearly does not have a say in? This is also a prime example of how strong a patriarchal system is when men think that it’s absolutely right to call out women if they are particularly not fitting the mould that men have made for them.
First Published: March 09, 2023 11:44 AMKarnataka Hijab Row: BJP MP Pragya Thakur Says Women Don’t Need To Wear Hijab In India
