By TwoCircles.net News Desk
New Delhi: The All India Progressive Women’s Association (AIPWA) has strongly condemned the ‘suicide’ threat by JD (U) President Sharad Yadav against the Women’s Reservation Bill.
AIPWA Joint Secretary Kavita Krishnan said that “this was not the first time Sharad Yadav had given vent to his anti-woman sentiments. In the past he had made disparaging and abusive statements about educated women, calling them ‘parkati’ and the like.”
“Sharad Yadav’s reaction – threatening to consume poison if the Women’s Bill is passed – does not befit any responsible politician, and displays his frustration. His opposition to the Women’s Bill is baseless. He claims that he would support the Women’s Bill only if quotas for OBC women are incorporated into it. But he does not talk about OBC quota in the Assemblies and Parliament as long as the question of Women’s Bill is not raised! Obviously he is raising the OBC issue not out of concern for OBC women but only to hide his gender bias,” Kavita Krishnan said.
AIPWA has decided to hold protests against Sharad Yadav’s threat.