‘Insult’: Rahul Gandhi’s Photograph On Sanitary Pad Packets Sparks Row In Bihar, Congress Reacts
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Congress will distribute sanitary pads to five lakh ladies in Bihar with Rahul Gandhi’s photograph below the Priyadarshini Udaan Yojana. Chirag Paswan condemned it.
Congress To Distribute Sanitary Pads With Rahul Gandhi’s Image In Bihar. (Photograph/X:@LambaAlka)
Forward of the Bihar Meeting elections, the Congress introduced on Friday that it’ll distribute sanitary pads to five lakh ladies. The sanitary pads may have an image of the Chief of the Opposition within the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi.
The initiative, referred to as Priyadarshini Udaan Yojana, goals to lift menstrual hygiene consciousness and is a part of the Congress’s broader women-centric outreach.
Whereas addressing a press convention in Patna, Congress State President Rajesh Ram mentioned that the occasion will launch a marketing campaign by the Mahila Congress to distribute sanitary pads to five lakh ladies, whereas additionally selling consciousness about well being points amongst them.
“We’re going to launch a marketing campaign by Mahila Congress to distribute sanitary pads to ladies, and our goal is to achieve 5 lakh ladies. Mahila Congress members will even unfold consciousness about well being points,” he mentioned.
What gave the impression to be a key election technique by the Congress in Bihar, impressed by the movie ‘Padman’, to woo ladies voters by distributing sanitary pads, has triggered a full-fledged controversy within the state.
BJP Spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari referred to as the choice to have Rahul Gandhi’s photograph on the sanitary pad “an insult to ladies”, emphasising that “Congress is an anti-women occasion, and the ladies of the state will educate Congress and RJD a lesson.”
Union Minister and LJP chief Chirag Paswan condemned the marketing campaign introduced by the Congress, calling it an “inappropriate” determination to have Rahul Gandhi’s photograph on the sanitary pad.
“It’s a good factor that the Congress occasion is distributing sanitary pads, however having Rahul Gandhi’s photograph on them is totally inappropriate. I condemn this,” he mentioned.
In the meantime, Congress chief Alka Lamba responded to the controversy, emphasising the true difficulty of menstrual hygiene in Bihar. She criticises the BJP’s stance as anti-women, highlighting the necessity to tackle the foundation downside of girls utilizing material throughout menstruation and dealing with well being dangers.
“In the fashionable period, the query ought to not be why Rahul ji’s photograph was put on the sanitary serviette field—the actual query is why our daughters in Bihar are nonetheless pressured to use material throughout menstruation, changing into victims of critical ailments? BJP’s pondering has at all times been anti-women,” she posted on X.
The Meeting elections within the state are anticipated to happen in October or November this yr.
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