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Time of India
21 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
NDA MPs slam SP silence over cleric's remark against Dimple Yadav
Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav NEW DELHI : It was an unusual sight. Holding placards and shouting slogans, NDA MPs Monday staged a protest over All India Imam Association president Maulana Sajid Rashidi's objectionable remarks against opposition Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav , with party chief Akhilesh Yadav criticising the cleric. ' Jo Lok Sabha mein pahen ke ayenge wohi humari har jagah dress ho gi (whatever I will wear to attend Lok Sabha, will be my dress for everywhere else),' Akhilesh said while responding to a media query over the issue. MPs of governing NDA said the cleric's purported remark protesting against the SP MP for not fully covering herself during a recent visit to a mosque was an insult to women as a whole, and questioned the 'silence' of the opposition. Dimple, however, was not impressed and said it's good that action is being taken now but it would have been better if similar protests and support had been visible when horrifying incidents like the one in Manipur came to light through footage on social media, she said. In Lucknow, an FIR has been lodged based on a complaint by local resident Pravesh Yadav, who accused Rashidi of making 'extremely offensive, inflammatory, and anti-women remarks' that were 'derogatory and misogynistic' and aimed at 'inciting religious disharmony & communal tension'. Talking to reporters, LJP (R) MP Shambhavi Choudhary said that for NDA, the honour and prestige of women is of utmost priority. Maulana Rashid had purportedly made misogynistic comments against Dimple in a TV debate and had praised another SP MP, Iqra Hasan, who had covered her head inside the mosque. The comments led to condemnation on social media and from women MPs, including BJP's Bansuri Swaraj and Congress's Renuka Chowdhury. The NDA MPs, especially women members, held a protest near Makar Dwar in the Parliament House complex, raising slogans like ' Nari shakti ka apman, nahin sahega Hindustan '. Swaraj called the remarks 'deeply shameful' and 'unacceptable'. 'Does opposition agree with this indecent remark? It is deeply shameful that such an offensive and inappropriate comment has been made against asitting MP...,' she said. She accused the opposition of prioritising 'appeasement politics' over women's dignity and affirmed that the NDA would continue to raise its voice for every woman, including Dimple Yadav.
Indian Express
a day ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
Dimple Yadav visit to mosque: NDA MPs try to put SP in a spot, rush to her defence
Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Dimple Yadav found herself in the middle of a political row on Monday over her visit to a mosque in Delhi last week. While the BJP's minority cell chief objected to Dimple not covering her head during the visit, a group of women MPs from the NDA showed solidarity with the SP leader following a Delhi-based cleric's allegedly offensive comments about her. The Manipuri MP, in response, said the show of solidarity would have been 'more meaningful' had the ruling alliance leaders 'stood with the women of Manipur'. On July 21, SP president Akhilesh Yadav, Dimple, and 10 other party MPs visited the Parliament Street mosque after the Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day. The SP's Rampur MP, Mohibbullah Nadvi, is the mosque's imam. According to BJP minority cell chief Jamal Siddiqui, it was a political meeting that did not conform to mosque rules. 'Akhilesh Yadav was wearing a Samajwadi cap at the mosque, his wife, behan (sister) Dimple Yadav, was sitting in an area where the entry of women is prohibited. And her attire did not conform to mosque rules. We opposed all that. And we objected to Maulana (SP MP Mohibbullah) taking them there and making the mosque an undeclared office of the Samajwadi Party. So, he should be removed from the position of Imam of that mosque,' Siddiqui told The Indian Express. Asked why he thought Dimple did not follow the rules with regard to her attire, he said she did not cover her head. 'No one can enter a mosque wearing a saree,' Siddiqui said. NDA MPs, meanwhile, protested against remarks by a cleric, Maulana Sajid Rashidi, about Dimple during a television debate last week. The MPs held a demonstration outside Parliament, accusing the SP leadership of remaining silent due to 'appeasement politics'. 'We are raising our voice against the way a woman's dignity was targeted based on communalism,' said Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) MP Shambhavi Choudhary. 'The party may have any ideology, but we must come together for the dignity of women. What is most shameful is that Akhilesh Yadav did not raise his voice in support of his wife for the sake of his politics … The way Sajid Rashidi has spoken about Dimple Yadav is not acceptable … Samajwadi Party's politics is completely on appeasement.. The NDA always stands for the cause of women's dignity.' BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj told reporters, 'Why is the entire Opposition silent? Why is Dimple Yadav's party silent? Why has her husband (Akhilesh Yadav) not yet spoken against this statement? … Is the politics of appeasement more important than the dignity of a woman MP?' Her party colleague and Rajya Sabha MP Dharamshila Gupta said she was 'shocked that the Samajwadi Party leaders are silent'. 'His (Akhilesh Yadav) wife has been insulted, and he is silent. You should leave politics if you cannot stand for the women of your house … The maulana will have to apologise to all the women MPs,' she said. Responding to them, Dimple said the show of solidarity would have been 'more meaningful' had they 'stood with the women of Manipur'. 'It would have been better if they had protested against the Manipur violence, the footage of which appeared on social media. It would have been better had they staged demonstrations and stood with the women of Manipur. And, the way the leaders of the BJP and senior ministers made statements from the stage on our Army officers during Operation Sindoor, it would have been better if they (NDA) stood with them,' said the SP MP. SP spokesperson Ashutosh Verma alleged that this controversy had been engineered as the BJP was facing 'tough questions on national issues'. 'The SP is not silent on this issue. The party will take legal action,' he said. An FIR was registered against Rashidi at a police station in Lucknow on Sunday evening based on a complaint of a local resident. — With PTI inputs
Hindustan Times
2 days ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Keeping up with UP: Why insult women politicians in political slugfests?
The Samajwadi Party's (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav recently visited a mosque near Parliament House in New Delhi with his MP wife Dimple Yadav, who was attired in a saree. This, unexpectedly, kicked off a controversy with a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Minority Morcha leader taking exception to Dimple's 'pehnava' (the Indian saree). The leader's comments crossed the line and were against a woman's dignity. Samajwadi Party (SP) MP from Rampur Mobiullah Naqvi, who is associated with the mosque, defended the Yadav couple by mentioning the previous visits of leaders to the 'historic mosque'. The SP quickly released a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to some other mosque. The visit created a storm in the political circles and the exchange of barbs will continue. The issue here, however, is the undignified language in which Dimple was described. A few days later, a Maulana also used atrocious language to describe this. This kicked off a storm with some BJP leaders, who till the other day were demanding apology from Dimple and Akhilesh for turning mosque into a political centre, came out in her defence. An FIR was also lodged. On the other hand the Samajwadi Party MP Iqra Hasan demanded social boycott of the Maulana. The scorn targeted at women in politics is not new. The MP from Kairana, Iqra Hasan, recently suffered humiliation and embarrassment when a Karni Sena leader Yogendra Rana, who identified himself as its vice president, in a social media post, expressed his willingness to marry, or have 'nikah' with, her. Significantly, locals, including Hindus, had come out in the defence of Iqra, who describes herself as a 'leader of all communities.' The party later filed a police complaint against Rana while Karni Sena dissociated from him and his statement. The question is if Dimple and Iqra, both hailing from prominent political families, have to face verbal abuse, how safe are other women politicians at the village, district, state levels? Dimple is the daughter-in-law of the one-time powerful leader, the late Mulayam Singh Yadav, and Iqra is a third-generation politician. Similarly, both actors-turned-politicians Smriti Irani and Kangana Ranaut frequently face character assassination on social media. A look at the past reveals a disturbing trend. Mamata Banerjee, the West Bengal chief minister, Mayawati, the former UP chief minister and J. Jayalalithaa, late Tamil Nadu chief minister, faced physical assaults while they were climbing the political ladder in their respective states. Late JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav had once made disparaging comments against women leaders with short hair – 'balkati'. For one, the rise of women from being homebound to Parliament or state assemblies has routinely been described as nepotism as many have been from political families. Women politicians, from late PM Indira Gandhi to village pradhans, have faced objectionable comments. Some get reported, some not as many of the women politicians lack the voice or are bound by party discipline to publicly take on their perpetrators. Can it be a good sign for democracy when women in high or low positions have to bear the brunt of such mindless utterances? And when high-profile public representatives are not safe and are humiliated verbally or physically, how can the women on the street feel safe? It is time to bring in a law to check such unwarranted incidents in future. Perhaps, laws such as POSH (Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace) may give some protection to women leaders, whether in the party organisation or in the legislatures. At a time when the government is in the process of implementing 33% quota for women in state assemblies and the Lok Sabha, political parties should initiate steps to check such misogynistic mudslinging. The BJP has consistently spoken out against dynastic politics but how many independent women professionals would join politics in such a regressive atmosphere? A related question is: how and from where will political parties get candidates for assembly and Lok Sabha elections once the 33% quota is implemented. The Congress, for example, had promised 40% tickets to women in the 2022 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Despite the best of intentions, the idea failed miserably. Campaigns like 'Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon' or 'Beti Padao, Beti Bachao' will be successful only when women feel safe in their workplace, whether it is in offices of political parties or other organisations.
India Today
6 days ago
- India Today
Bengaluru stampede victim's parents allege theft of earrings during autopsy
The parents of 15-year-old Divyanshi, who lost her life in the stampede outside Chinnaswamy Stadium during RCB's IPL win celebrations on June 4, have alleged that her earrings were stolen during the mother, Ashwini, has filed an FIR at the Commercial Street police station, stating that several personal belongings, including earrings, clothes, and shoes, were missing after the autopsy. She said the family had approached hospital officials, including the dean, and visited multiple police stations but received no are not asking for all the items. All we want is just her earrings,' Ashwini told the media. 'They were gifted by family members and held deep emotional value for her. She always wore them. We lost our daughter, but we are still living with her memories. These earrings were a part of that.'The family said the child had not removed the earrings for over a year. Despite repeated assurances from authorities, the earrings were not returned.'It's not about the value. She was very fond of them. We call her Dimple. Her name is Divyanshi,' Ashwini said, struggling to hold back also raised questions about a local leader's false assurance to her grieving mother. 'This person, the Deputy Chief Minister, was talking to my mother, promising that better treatment and medicines were being given to Dimple. But where is Dimple now? How can you treat her inside the mortuary?'The Commercial Street police have registered a case and are investigating.- EndsMust Watch IN THIS STORY#Bengaluru
Indian Express
6 days ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
BJP slams SP mosque visit, Dimple & Akhilesh hit back: Diversion bid
A visit by Samajwadi Party MPs Akhilesh Yadav, wife Dimple Yadav and others to a mosque near Parliament triggered a row Wednesday, with the BJP accusing the party of hurting religious sentiments by holding a political meeting there and also criticising Dimple's attire. BJP leaders said holding political meetings inside a mosque was prohibited as was having 'laughter and a tea party'. The SP hit back, saying it was a 'social gathering' and the BJP was 'a group of people of negative mindset' that was 'misleading' people to divert attention from 'real issues' like the Bihar electoral roll revision. Akhilesh, Dimple and at least 10 other SP MPs were at the Parliament Street mosque Monday after Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day. They included Dharmendra Yadav, Anand Bhadauria, Zia Ur Rehman and Mohibulla Nadvi, who is also Imam of the mosque. After photographs of the MPs — seated inside what appears to be the mosque's prayer area — emerged, BJP's minority wing chief Jamal Siddiqui said he would have 'welcomed' if Akhilesh had offered 'shukrana namaz (thanksgiving prayer) there. 'But they held a political meeting, had laughter and a tea party which is not allowed inside a mosque… he went there with his wife Dimple Yadav… Men and women can not sit together in a mosque. There was a separate section for women…,' he said. BJP minority wing national vice-president S M Akram said: 'There is no restriction on visiting a mosque. But that area was not supposed to be used for political discussions,' he said. When asked about the BJP's allegations, Akhilesh told reporters, 'The BJP is a group of people of negative mindset. Faith is positive, it unites. The BJP gets upset with anything that unites. They want negativity… faith unites, ensures brotherhood.' Dimple told reporters: 'Imam sahab is our MP, his wife was also there, we had gone for a social (gathering), there was no meeting.' 'The BJP always tries to mislead to divert from real issues. The government neither wants to speak on SIR nor on the intelligence failure in the Pahalgam attack and Operation Sindoor. In order to hide facts, such things are being said,' she said. Meanwhile, Akram wrote a letter to Mohibbullah, saying the BJP's minority wing wants to hold a meeting at the mosque after this week's Friday prayers. 'You are requested to make arrangements of sitting and refreshments. The meeting will start with Vande Mataram and conclude with Jana Gana Mana,' said the letter.
