“Immediately remove Kamal Nath from all party posts, what action will you take?”: MP CM Shivraj Singh writes to Sonia Gandhi

New Delhi: After Congress leader Kamal Nath’s “item” remark, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to remove him from all party posts & strongly condemn his statement.

“Immediately remove him from all party posts & strongly condemn his statement. If you fail to react, I’ll be compelled to believe that you support it,” it states.

MP CM SS Chouhan in a letter to  Sonia Gandhi said, a leader of your party, a former CM has made such a comment. Is it okay? Do poor women have no respect? Madam, if you think the remark was wrong, what action will you take? I’m writing to you, you make a decision.

He further said, “I expected a clarification, but the statement is being shamelessly justified. You can abuse me, call me names, but such a comment about a woman is against every daughter & mother. Women have deen disrespected during Navratri. He (Kamal Nath) crossed limits of shamelessness.”

Shivraj Singh Chauhan’s Silent Protest 

Earlier in the day he also observed a two-hour ‘silent protest’ in Bhopal, against former CM & Congress leader Kamal Nath’s remarks. Other ministers of the state & leaders of the party were also present.

यत्र नार्यस्तु पूज्यन्ते रमन्ते तत्र देवताः

जहाँ नारी की पूजा होती है, वहीं देवताओं का वास होता है। मध्यप्रदेश के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री ने कल एक महिला के लिए जिन शब्दों का इस्तेमाल किया, उससे मैं आहत हूँ, शर्मिंदा हूँ।

आज बापू के चरणों में उनके लिए प्रायश्चित करने हेतु बैठा हूँ। pic.twitter.com/5f9xniPHFi

— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) October 19, 2020

हम महात्मा गांधी को अपना आदर्श मानते हैं, वहीं दूसरी तरफ कांग्रेस के नेता उनके विचारों और उनकी सीख की धज्जियाँ उड़ाते हैं।

कांग्रेस के नेताओं ने हमेशा अपने बयानों के माध्यम से अपनी महिला विरोधी सोच का परिचय दिया है।

कमलनाथ जी के कारण पूरे देश में आज मध्यप्रदेश की बदनामी हुई है! pic.twitter.com/5u6vjJIku2

— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) October 19, 2020

कमलनाथ जी भले ही बहुत बड़े सेठ और उद्योगपति होंगे लेकिन क्या इससे उन्हें महिलाओं को अपमानित करने की अनुमति मिल गई है?

मैं कांग्रेस की महिला नेताओं से भी पूछना चाहता हूँ, क्या वे अपने नेता कमलनाथ जी के शब्दों का पूर्णतः समर्थन करती हैं?

— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) October 19, 2020

“It is an insult to not only Imarti Devi but also to Madhya Pradesh’s daughters and sisters. Kamal Nath is using objectionable words for a daughter who served Congress for so long. It is a country where Mahabharat took place when Draupadi was disrespected. People won’t tolerate it. Shame on him,” Chouhan told ANI.

“I am distressed by the fact that the former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh has used derogatory words for our present minister who served Congress for years, who rose from labourer to ministerial position,” he added.

मन आज वेदना से भरा हुआ है।

एक महिला जो मज़दूर के रूप में संघर्ष करते हुए मंत्री के पद तक पहुँची हैं, उनके लिए कमलनाथ जी ने अपमानजनक शब्दों का प्रयोग किया।

कल मैं महात्मा गांधी जी की प्रतिमा के नीचे मौन व्रत रखूंगा। पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री ने जो अपमान किया उसका प्रायश्चित मैं करूंगा। pic.twitter.com/y0XI3H4xUE

— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) October 18, 2020

Here is what Kamal Nath said 

On Sunday (October 18), Former MP CM Kamal Nath sparked a controversy after he referred BJP leader Imarti Devi as an “item”

“Suresh Raje ji hamare ummeedvar hai…yeh uske jaise nah hai…kya hai uska naam … main kya uska naam lun? …apko toh mujhe pehle savdhan karna chahiye tha … yeh kya item hai… (Our candidate is not like her… what’s her name? You know her better and should have warned me earlier… What an item!), Kamal Nath said in Hindi while the crowd called out Imarti Devi’s name.

#WATCH: Our candidate is not like her… what’s her name? (people shout Imarti Devi, who is former State Minister) You know her better and should have warned me earlier… ye kya item hai: Former Madhya Pradesh CM & Congress leader Kamal Nath pic.twitter.com/eW76f2z8gU

— ANI (@ANI) October 18, 2020