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Badminton player and Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal hit out at Congress leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa for belittling women and asking them to be restricted to the kitchen..
Recently, Shivashankarappa, the 92-year-old sitting MLA from Davangere South, insulted BJP candidate from Davanagere Gayathri Siddeshwar and said, "They (women) know only to cook in the kitchen".o)..
Taking to X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday, Nehwal criticised the Karnataka politician for his sexist remarks against Gayathri and pointed out that such statements were in sharp contrast to the Congress party's slogan of "Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon"..
This sexist jibe at @bjp4india candidate from Davanagere Gayathri Siddeshwara ji is least expected from a party that says Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon," wrote Nehwal..
Nehwal further pointed out that it was the time to strengthen women and hail women empowerment but instead people like Shivashankarappa are being misogynistic..
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