Dmk leader's comments on women spark political row
Chennai, Jan. 15 -- DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran's remarks that Tamil Nadu uplifts women while states in northern India ask women to work in the kitchen and bear children and other states give importance to Hindi over English has led to a political controversy in the state. Maran was speaking at an event where the ruling DMK government distributed laptops for free to college students under a scheme that chief minister MK Stalin launched earlier this month.
"...if you go to other states, they ask (youngsters) what are you going to do by studying? They tell them to study only Hindi and not even touch English so they can remain subordinates," Maran said.
BJP's Mahila Morcha president Vanathi Srinivasan slammed the remarks, and said, "DMK is always trying to divide north and south."P4...
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