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After the BJP shared a video of Randeep Singh Surjewala making a vile, sexist, and misogynistic remark on the party's MP from Mathura, actor Hema Malini, the Congress leader hit back on Thursday, accusing the ruling party's IT cell of distorting the clip, and uploading selective bits from it...
Congress leader Randeep Surjewala (HT File) Click here for election live updates..
His statement on Malini, a two-term Mathura MP who has been retained by the saffron party from this Uttar Pradesh constituency, came days after the Election Commission of India (ECI) censured Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate and BJP MP Dilip Ghosh for their derogatory comments on women..
While Shrinate was censured for a post from her Instagram handle on actor Kangana Ranaut, who will contest on a BJP ticket from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi, Ghosh faced the poll panel's action for his remark on West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee...
Just the other day, Surjewalas colleague was asking rate of another BJP woman leader, and now this, Amit Malviya, who heads the saffron party's IT cell, wrote on X (formerly Twitter), referring to the rate card post made from Shrinate's Instagram for Ranaut..
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