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Senior Congress leader and Karnatakas Davangere South MLA Shamanur Shivashankarappa stirred a controversy after he made a sexist comment against his rival and BJP candidate Gayatri Siddeshwara..
The senior leader was slammed by various sections of people and demanded Shivashankarappa apologize for his vile comments against the BJP leader..
Responding to the senior Congress leader's comments, Gayatri said, Ajja (grandfather) should know that women are making a difference in every industry..
Meanwhile, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar condemned Shivashankarappas comments and said the party would not encourage such sexist comments..
Congress Party's women-centric guarantees in Karnataka- Gruhalakshmi, Shakti, Gruhajyothi and Anna Bhagya, alongside the Akka Cafe scheme, which was announced in the recent budget session, are a testament to our ideology that we honour women as the empowered embodiment of progress & prosperity..
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