New Delhi, May 13:
The BJP on Monday sought an apology from BSP chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati for allegedly making personal comments on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. BJP also assured the BSP supremo that women in the ruling party are “absolutely safe, secure and have good professional relationships in the party.” Expressing shock over Mayawati’s remarks, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said: “Absolutely disappointing and shocking for her (Mayawati) to speak so ill about the Prime Minister and his personal life and women in the BJP.” “Behen Mayawati, please, be assured that we are all absolutely safe, secure and have good professional relationships in our party,” she told reporters here. “She has demeaned the stature of her own leadership. Only because of this comment, this shows that she has left no respect of any position or institution of this country. She should really apologise for having commented so badly both on the private life of the Prime Minister and in general about all women in the BJP,” the BJP leader. Sitharaman also said that the statements by Mayawati were due to “her sense of insecurity” as six phases of ongoing Lok Sabha elections were concluded and she understood that ‘Gathbandhan’ has no scope. “You do not have to be worried about us. Six phases of the elections are over. Now Behen Mayawati has understood that her ‘gathbandhan’ (alliance) is going nowhere and that is the reason for her worry, agitation and her sense of insecurity,” she said. Mayawati earlier in the day claimed that women leaders in BJP are afraid of their husbands meeting Modi, as they fear being abandoned by their husbands, just like the Prime Minister did to his wife.
