MP Minister Says Sita Lived Like A Divorced Woman. Seriously, Man?
Are these people for real?
Being a divorced woman in our Indian society has always been looked down upon and has a lot of prejudices attached to it. Take it from someone who’s getting divorced, there’s no doubt that we’re progressing towards normalising divorce but that doesn’t mean that a divorced woman isn’t character assassinated. Having said that, the sad reality is that our politicians aren’t lending much support in terms of making our society a safe and comfortable space for a divorcee. Recently, while speaking at the Karsevak Samman ceremony in Nagda, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh minister Mohan Yadav made a derogatory statement about Goddess Sita and women.
Speaking at the event, the MP minister stated that Goddess Sita has immense respect for Lord Ram and despite all her sufferings and hardships she prayed for him and his life and led a life similar to that of a divorced woman in today’s time. Looks like we have another politician who put a foot in his mouth since he has come under fire for his remark.
रहिमन बिद्या बुद्धि नहिं, नहीं धरम, जस, दान।
भू पर जनम वृथा धरै, पसु बिनु पूँछ बिषान॥शिवराज जी,
अपने ही बेशर्म शिक्षा मंत्री को कब बर्खास्त करोगे…?जो माता सीता के "त्याग" को अपने अशब्दों से तोल रहे है…..@ChouhanShivraj@OfficeOfKNath @digvijaya_28 @RahulGandhi pic.twitter.com/Do7lAuvj4f
— Dr Dharmendra Bajpai (@dbajpaiINC) December 21, 2022
MP minister Mohan Yadav was criticised for his comment about Goddess Sita. Congress leader Digvijaya Singh reacted to the comment and urged MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to fire the BJP minister. He further called out the Bajrang Dal for not taking a stand against the derogatory remark made by the political leader or asking for his resignation.
यदि शिवराज जी आप में थोड़ा सा भी मॉं सीता व भगवान राम के प्रति श्रद्धा व आस्था है तो मंत्री मोहन यादव को तत्काल बर्खास्त करो।
हे तथा कथित राम भक्तों, हे बजरंग दल के बाहुबलियों तुम कहॉं छिपे हो?
मंत्री के इस्तीफ़े की मॉंग करोगे?@INCMP @CMMadhyaPradesh @BJP4India @VHPDigital https://t.co/FM0ibGJFsx— Digvijaya Singh (@digvijaya_28) December 21, 2022
But this isn’t the first time someone has made a derogatory remark against Goddess Sita for living separately from Lord Ram. A few weeks ago, a teacher at Delhi’s Drishti IAS training institute had compared Sita with ghee licked by a dog. He quoted a “Scripture” that claimed that Lord Ram said that much like ghee contaminated by dogs is not edible, Sita was also unfit for him.
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Forget normalising a divorced or a separated woman living in our society, our dearest politicians have now started attacking a Goddess for being separated from her husband. Humara toh kya hi hoga! Also, why are two major leading political parties dragging Gods into political issues? Earlier, Rahul Gandhi had also called out RSS and BJP for disrespecting Indian women by not saying “Jai Siyaram” instead of “Jai Shree Ram”.
First Published: December 22, 2022 12:11 PM
