Chennai: Dayanidhi Maran, a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP, has sparked an issue by claiming that whereas girls in north India are requested to “work in kitchens and bear youngsters”, girls in Tamil Nadu are inspired to pursue research.
Maran made the remarks in entrance of scholars on the Quaid-e-Milas Authorities School for Girls in Chennai on Tuesday. The MK Stalin-led authorities was distributing laptops below a brand new nationwide scheme on the occasion.
“Our women ought to really feel assured and proud of their authorities laptops whereas attending interviews or pursuing increased schooling. That is as a result of Tamil Nadu is a state that asks women to proceed their research. However within the north, what do we are saying to our women? Do not go to work, keep at dwelling, keep within the kitchen, have youngsters. That is your job,” he instructed the rally.
The lawmaker mentioned it was completely different in Tamil Nadu, the land of Kalaignar, Anna and MK Stalin. “In Tamil Nadu, your progress is the expansion of Tamil Nadu. That’s the reason all worldwide firms come to Chennai. As a result of all of the folks listed here are educated not solely in Tamil but additionally in English. The state authorities performs an essential position within the progress of girls,” Maran mentioned.
Deputy Prime Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin was additionally current on the occasion.
The feedback drew harsh criticism from the Bharatiya Janata Get together, whose spokesperson Narayanan Thirupathy claimed that the DMK’s mistreatment of north Indians was a “routine” tactic.
“I do not assume Dayanidhi Maran has any widespread sense. So that is the issue. I strongly condemn Dayanidhi Maran. He has to apologize to the folks of India, particularly the Hindi talking folks. He says they’re uneducated and uncivilized,” Tirupathi instructed the media on Wednesday.
DMK spokesperson TKS Elangovan defended the assertion, saying it was not directed in any respect states in north India.
“It is determined by the social gathering that’s ruling the state. Now the Congress is attempting to empower girls. There isn’t a doubt that wherever the Congress is ruling, it has had a constructive influence on girls’s schooling…Right here in Tamil Nadu, we fought for girls, we empowered them. We gave them schooling, we gave them jobs….Within the north, there isn’t any one preventing for girls. That is it,” he mentioned.
