Telangana Women’s Commission seeks probe into Bandi Sanjay’s comment on Kavitha, BRS protests across state

The BJP leader made the comment while lashing out at Kavitha in the Delhi excise policy scam.

Referring to the ED summoning her for questioning, he said that everyone is equal before the law, and then made the derogatory remark that was disrespectful to women.

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Protest in Delhi too

After the BJP leader made the comment, BRS women leaders gathered at Telangana Bhavan in Delhi and burnt Sanjay Kumar in effigy, and warned him to mind his language.

Meanwhile, Tribal and Women Welfare Minister Satyavathy Rathod demanded the suspension of Sanjay Kumar from the party with immediate effect.

She said that the values in politics have reached the nadir in Telangana after Sanjay became the BJP’s state president. She added that the day is not far when the BJP leaders would find themselves behind bars.

“Let them not forget that it is the BRS which is going to come to power once again in Telangana,” she said.

Rathod sought to know Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soudararajan’s response to Sanjay’s comment. She also demanded that leaders of Sanjay’s ilk should be banished from politics, she said.

Education Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy said that Sanjay used objectionable language against Kavitha out of spite.

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Party workers lodge police complaints

She said that the women of the entire Telangana state were condemning his comments which did not suit his stature as an MP and BJP president. She said he should keep in mind that his mother and wife were also women.

Meanwhile, party workers all over the state started began lodging complaints with the police against Sanjay for his comments. They are also staging protests across the state and burning effigies. Demands for his arrest for his lack of respect for women, too, were raised.

Party workers staged a dharna in front of the ED office in Hyderabad, forcing the police to close the gates. A few party workers were detained, suspecting that they might storm the office.

At Panja Gutta in Hyderabad, MLA Danam Nagender organised a protest against Sanjay for his comments.