Congress leader makes sexist remark on Kerala CM Vijayan, apologises
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 24 (IBNS): On the day when former Prime Minister late Indira Gandhi's granddaughter Priyanka Vadra entered into active politics, Kerala Congress leader K Sudhakaran made a sexist jibe at Chief Minister of the southern state, Pinarayi Vijayan, media reports said.
Speaking at a programme of the Congress-led UDF in Kasaragod, Sudhakaran, who is the party's working president in Kerala, on Wednesday said as quoted by The Indian Express, "When workers of the CPM eulogised Pinarayi Vijayan as a man with two hearts, even we thought after becoming CM, he would do something like a man. Not only has he failed to act like a man, the reality shows us that he has proved to be worse than a woman."
Sudhakaran, a former MP, has later apologised for his remark, a media report said.
Sudhakaran had earlier stirred controversy with his comment on the issue of Sabarimala Temple, where menstruating women are still hindered from entering despite the Supreme Court's verdict.
He believed the traditions of the shrine must not be disturbed by allowing women's entry.
Image: Kerala CMO Twitter
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