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Thakur slams UP BJP MLA, says do not teach women how to live

- SANJAY JOG | Mumbai

Maharashtr­a Minister of Woman and Child Welfare Yashomati Thakur, on Monday, strongly criticised Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of the Legislativ­e Assembly (MLA) Surendra Singh from Uttar Pradesh for asking parents to instill good values in their daughters and holding them responsibl­e for rapes. Thakur said BJP should first teach good values to its own party members. “We have sanskar, so we did not attack you. Many of their leaders are found in many such cases and there are CDs in circulatio­n too,” she noted.

Thakur has slammed the BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh, saying that nobody should not teach women how to live. "I am a teacher along with being an MLA. Such incidents (like rape) can be stopped only with sanskar (culture), not with shasan (good governance) or talwar (referring to sword or might)," the BJP's Surendra Singh had said. He had further added, "It's the duty of all mothers and fathers to imbibe good values in their daughters and bring them up in cultured environmen­ts."

“Do not consider our patience as our weakness. Women are not weak. When the time comes, she becomes a Durga to fight against evil forces,” said

Thakur.

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