BJP seeks NCW motion towards DMK’s Saidai Sadiq for sexist feedback

DMK chief Saidai Sadiq’s unparliamentary remarks towards women-BJP leaders have sparked a significant controversy in Tamil Nadu. On Saturday, October 29, Tamil Nadu Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Annamalai wrote to National Commission of Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma looking for her rapid intervention towards the derogatory remarks made by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK spokesperson Saidai Sadiq about girls actors-turned-BJP leaders in Tamil Nadu.

Women in our nation can’t be disadvantaged of their ambition to serve our society, and the abuse of DMK males is not going to be tolerated anymore.

We have written to the @NCWIndia Chairperson, Madam @sharmarekha avargal, for her rapid intervention. pic.twitter.com/LCVnsoFevP

— Okay.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) October 29, 2022

The BJP chief lambasted the regional social gathering, accusing them of hiring individuals versed in offensive languages as stage audio system. Annamalai known as the NCW chief’s consideration in his letter to how DMK leaders have always objectified girls within the opposition social gathering.

“The DMK men have made it a habit of throwing filth at them. Even the senior leaders of DMK occupying the stage would laugh at this language and not stop the men from throwing this filth. I think we have taken enough!” wrote the BJP chief, highlighting the latest incident the place DMK spokesperson Saidai Sadiq mocked Khushbu Sundar and three different BJP leaders like actor Namitha, Gayathri Raghuram and Gautami by calling them “items” (a derogatory approach of referring to girls).

The BJP chief then chastised DMK Minister Thiru Mano Thangaraj for failing to talk up towards his colleagues’ misogynistic and sexist behaviour regardless of being there on the time.

Calling the DMK spokesperson a ‘repeat offender’ the BJP chief mentioned, “Recently, the Honourable Mumbal High Court sentenced a man to one and a half years in prison for calling a girl an “Item” We humbly request the NCW to take due cognisance of this matter and instruct the Tamil Nadu state police division to right away reprimand Saidhai Sadik, a repeat offender and an individual recognized to have used derogatory language towards girls prior to now Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party’s Mahila Morcha has filed a criticism towards Saidai Sadik within the police commissioner’s workplace at this time. Many complaints towards DMK males have been mendacity in varied police stations throughout Tamil Nadu since they got here to energy.”

Annamalai added that whereas the DMK and its allies condone such behaviour, the Bharatiya Janata Party firmly opposes it, and the motion towards Saidhai Sadhik will function a lesson to those that consider they’ll degrade girls and get away with it.

It could also be recalled that all the controversy erupted after a video clip surfaced on social media platforms, whereby DMK spokesperson recognized as Saidai Sadiq mocked Khushbu Sundar and three different BJP leaders like actor Namitha, Gayathri Raghuram and Gautami by calling them “items” (a derogatory approach of referring to girls). The DMK chief was talking at a public assembly held by the social gathering leaders to thank Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin for getting reelected as DMK chief for the second time.

In his speech, Saidai Sadiq made a sexual innuendo about Khushbu whereas speaking concerning the time when she was a member of the DMK. He may very well be heard saying the saffron social gathering depended solely on these “actresses” to make inroads into Tamil Nadu.

Following the outrage, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) girls’s wing secretary and MP Kanimozhi took to Twitter on October 27 to apologise for the unparliamentary remarks made by her social gathering’s spokesperson Saidai Sadiq about girls actors-turned-BJP leaders in Tamil Nadu.