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Woman MLA writes to Modi, Shah for action against BJP legislator
Ramganjmandi MLA has sought action against Kota North MLA.
A woman BJP MLA from Rajasthan has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah, alleging misbehaviour by another legislator and seeking action against him.
At a district-level review meeting in Kota on Saturday, Kota North MLA Prahlad Gunjal and Ramganjmandi MLA Chandrakanta Meghwal were involved in a verbal spat over the construction of a bypass. Meghwal alleged that Gunjal used derogatory language against her.
Apart from Modi and Shah, Ramganjmandi MLA has written to BJP national organisational secretary Ramlal, state organisation secretary Chandrashekhar and chief minister Vasundhara Raje about the alleged misbehaviour by Gunjal at meeting where district in-charge minister Prabhulal Saini was present.
“MLA Gunjal publicly disgraced me by calling me nobody at the review meet; I am feeling insecure and insulted,” she said in the letter.
Meghwals burnt an effigy of Gunjal at Kunhadi locality in Kota on Sunday.
“Use of abusive language against Chandrakanta Meghwal is not only a disgrace for the lady MLA but also the entire Dalit community,” said Dalit activist Mohan Meghwal.
AAP national spokesperson and Delhi MLA Alka Lamba, who was in Kota on Sunday, also slammed the BJP for its “anti-woman thinking”.
“What can I say about the BJP which has not taken action against its MLA from Unnao in Uttar Pradesh who is accused of rape. Now a BJP MLA from Rajasthan has used abusive language against a woman Dalit MLA,” Lamba said.
“This has exposed the anti-Dalit and anti-woman ideology of the BJP that has coined the ‘Beti bachao beti padhao’ slogan. The woman BJP MLA should take legal action against the other MLA.”
Rajasthan Congress president Sachin Pilot, who was in Kota to offer condolences on the death of former Congress minister RK Verma, said, “Although it is an internal matter of the BJP, it is not the first time BJP MLAs have used abusive language. The incident exposed infighting in the BJP.”
