Bahadur Singh: BJP MLA Bahadur Singh Koli has sparked a sexist controversy by remarking that the budget of present-day Bhajanlal Sharma government is like a “chora” (son) while that of the previous Congress government was like of a “chori” (daughter). Koli went on to remark that this is the biggest reason why the Congress is in the opposition seat today.
Interestingly, Rajasthan’s Finance Minister Diya Kumari, the granddaughter of Man Singh II, presented the budget on February 11. It is absurd to even think that a MLA from her party is belittling a girl child when the state’s Deputy Chief Minister Diya Kumari is herself a woman.
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Representing the Weir constitutency in Bharatpur district, Koli remarked that the budget of Bhartiaya Janata Party (BJP) was productive and youthful in contrast to the budget of Indian National Congress during the tenure of former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot that was an old-age budget.
Koli remarked that Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma delivered a son in the first budget, followed by sons again in the second and third budgets. The MLA remarked that the one who produces a son is always considered to be useful.
Reaction Of Congress Party
Swarnim Chaturvedi, Rajasthan Congress spokesperson, blasted Koli for his sexist comments. Chaturvedi they have crossed all limits just to criticize the Congress party and the comments of BJP MLA showed their biased mind-set towards the female gender.
The disgusting comments of Koli have once again shown that camels often outnumber common sense of some state politicians. For decades, the state has battled skewed demographics fuelled by illegal ultrasound scams, killings and early marriages of girl child, patriarchal mind-sets and dowry pressures. While government schemes such as Beti Bachao Beti Padao have poured in thousands of crores, the needle has barely budged.
Surprisingly, the sex ratio in Rajasthan is 928 i.e. for each 1000 male that is far below the national average of 940 as per latest census.
A state that has literally worshipped women like Rani Gayatri Devi, Rani Padmini, Rani Bhatiyani and goddesses like Karni Mata and Jeen Mata has gone deep below the mark of morality.
