BJP, Congress spar over objectionable remark on woman MLA

Bhopal/Sagar Dec 26 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Govind Singh Rajput s alleged objectionable remark against the ruling BJP s woman lawmaker Parul Sahu has led to a face-off between the two parties.

The Bharatiya Janata Party has come out in support of Sahu and its women s wing has announced it will burn Rajput s effigy in Sagar on Wednesday.

Sahu on the other hand held a demonstration outside Congress President Rahul Gandhi s house in Delhi on Tuesday where she was joined by other women leaders.

The BJP Mahila Morcha in a press statement issued in Bhopal said the party condemns Rajput s objectionable remarks against Sahu the legislator from Surkhi.

Meanwhile women members of the Congress came out in support of Rajput. Taking a dig at Sahu Manisha Dubey the former secretary of the party women wing in the state said that now a BJP legislator expects justice from the Congress.

She also said that Sahu was on a meaningless rant as she faced loss of support in her area.

A few days ago Rajput a former Congress legislator had termed Sahu whose father is a big liquor trader the "liquor legislator".

Rajput had lost to Sahu in the last assembly elections in 2013.

--IANS
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