Karnataka BJP MP criticised for asking a woman to wear bindi as mark of marital status
Congress leader Karti P Chidambaram alleged that the BJP is turning the country into a ‘Hindutva Iran’.
A Bharatiya Janata Party MP in Karnataka on Thursday courted controversy after he criticised a woman for not wearing a bindi as a mark of her marital status, NDTV reported.
K Muniswamy, the BJP MP from Kolar, made the remarks while visiting a fairground in his constituency.
ನಿನ್ನ ಗಂಡ ಬದುಕಿದ್ದಾನೆ ತಾನೇ?: ಹಣೆಗೆ ಬೊಟ್ಟು ಇಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡಿಲ್ಲವೆಂದು ಮಹಿಳೆಯ ನಿಂದಿಸಿದ ಸಂಸದ ಮುನಿಸ್ವಾಮಿ#muniswamy pic.twitter.com/hvinI9VJ8T
— Prajavani (@prajavani) March 8, 2023
At one of the stalls at the fairground, Muniswamy stopped and asked a woman vendor whether her husband was still alive.
“What’s your name?” the MP asked the woman, according to NDTV. “Why is there no bindi on your forehead? Your stall named Vaishnavi? Wear a bindi on your forehead. Your husband is alive, isn’t he?”
The incident reportedly happened on March 8, which is celebrated as Women’s Day. The exchange was caught on camera and its video was widely shared on social media. Several persons, including politicians, criticised Muniswamy.
Congress MP Karti P Chidambaram alleged that the BJP is turning the country into a “Hindutva Iran”.
“The Ayatollahs of the BJP will have their version of the ‘Moral Police’ patrolling the streets,” Chidambaram wrote in a tweet.
"Wear a Bindi first. Your husband is alive, isn't he. You have no common sense" says this @BJP4India MP to a woman vendor.
— Anusha Ravi Sood (@anusharavi10) March 8, 2023
The audacity of this MP from Karnataka, the misogyny in his tone & sexist behaviour while talking to a woman and shaming her is infuriating. https://t.co/DhewYZ2CA8
"Why no bindi on your forehead? Wear bindi on your forehead. Your husband is alive, isn't it?" BJP Karnataka MP tells woman vendor.
— Chandrajit Mitra | চন্দ্রজিৎ মিত্র (@chandrajit_) March 9, 2023
This was on March 8 Women's Day.
Learning to mind your business is a boon that not many have. But to do this, one needs to be utmost toxic. https://t.co/maTDDJ5LaH
"Wear a Bindi first. Your husband is alive, isn't he. You have no common sense": #BJP MP to woman vendor,
— Nayini Anurag Reddy (@NAR_Handle) March 9, 2023
Enraging to witness the impudence of this BJP MP from #Karnataka on #WomensDay. Can he tolerate, if someone talks this way to his mother, wife or sister? Shameful 🙏 pic.twitter.com/QFlyhvpLgT
