In a strongly-worded statement, Ms. Jayalalithaa said Ms. Mayawati was respected by all as a peerless leader of the oppressed communities.
Slamming the derogatory remarks made by BJP’s Daya
Shankar Singh against Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati, Tamil Nadu
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday said atrocities against women
politicians continue to happen.
In a strongly-worded
statement, Ms. Jayalalithaa said Ms. Mayawati was respected by all as a
peerless leader of the oppressed communities.
The
former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister had been raising her voice in
Parliament against atrocities on Dalits in Gujarat, she said.
“Maybe
because of this, Mr. Daya Shankar Singh, a vice-president of the BJP in
Uttar Pradesh, has criticised Ms. Mayawati in an obscene and disgusting
manner. Criticising those holding different political opinion in such a
derogatory manner can never be accepted,” she added.
Pointing
out that she herself had been at the receiving end of such attacks, she
exuded confidence that at least after this event, such assaults on
women politicians would end. “My heart goes out to Ms. Mayawati, who has
received such verbal whiplashes,” she said.
Welcoming
the regret expressed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over the incident
in Parliament and the removal of Mr. Singh from party post, she,
however, said the action was not enough. “I urge the BJP president to
remove him from the party,” she said.
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