Congress leader slams Smriti Irani over Sanitary Napkin Statement

NP NEWS 24 ONLINE – “Nothing that comes out of the vagina is to be ashamed of. Can’t say the same about the mouth.” Says Congress leader and social media in-charge Divya Spandana over Smriti Irani’s controversial statement on a sanitary pad.

Irani for her comment on the Supreme Court verdict in the Sabarimala temple entry case said, “I have the right to pray, but no right to desecrate. I am nobody to speak on SC verdict as I’m a serving cabinet minister. Would you take sanitary napkins seeped in menstrual blood into a friend’s home? No. Why take them into the house of God?”

The Union textile minister was speaking at the “Young Thinkers” conference organised by the British High Commission and the Observer Research Foundation in Mumbai when she made the remarks while speaking on the Sabarimala controversy, she had said that “the right to pray did not mean the right to desecrate”.

Then Smriti Irani also replied to Divya Spandana but when the video was getting viral she claimed that the video is fake then there was no need to reply to Divya Spandana’s statement.

In the multiple tweets on twitter Union Minister said, “ Since many people are talking about my comments — let me comment on my comment.”

“As a practising Hindu married to a practising Zoroastrian I am not allowed to enter a fire temple to pray. I respect that stand by the Zoroastrian community/priests and do not approach any court for a right to pray as a mother of 2 Zoroastrian children.”

“Similarly Parsi or non-Parsi menstruating women irrespective of age DO NOT go to a Fire Temple. These are 2 factual statements. Rest of the propaganda/agenda being launched using me as bait is well just that … bait.”

“As far as those who jump the gun regarding women visiting friend’s place with a sanitary napkin dipped in menstrual blood — I am yet to find a person who ‘takes’ a blood-soaked napkin to ‘offer’ to anyone let alone a friend.”

“But what fascinates me though does not surprise me is that as a woman I am not free to have my own point of view. As long as I conform to the ‘liberal’ point of view I’m acceptable. How Liberal is that ??”