'Marry woman to sleep with them': CPM leader's crude remarks against women after poll win
PTC News Desk: Sayed Ali Majeed, a member of Kerala's ruling CPM stirred a row Sunday night for his remarks against woman at an event in Malappuram district shortly after winning the polls with a slight margin.
With hundreds in attendance, Majeed in his speech targeted the Muslim League for fielding women candidates in the local body poll and accused the party of using women for votes. "They displayed women to win votes," he said.
Majeed also shamed women from the CPM, declaring, "...we also have married women at home... but not to show them off to win votes. Let them sit at home... marry women to sleep with and make kids."
"That is why families traditionally verify lineage and background while arranging marriages..."
The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), the main opposition, emerged victorious in four of the six municipal corporations, retaining its hold over Kannur and wresting control of Kochi and Kollam from the Left Democratic Front (LDF).
Adding to the LDF’s setback, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which has traditionally had little presence in the state, secured control of the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram. The city is represented in the Lok Sabha by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.
Thiruvananthapuram was long considered a stronghold of the Left. In the outgoing 100-member municipal corporation, the CPI(M) held 51 seats, the NDA 35, and the UDF 10. In the latest elections, with the council expanded to 101 members, the NDA won 50 seats, while the LDF secured 29 and the UDF 19. The remaining two seats were won by Independents.
- With inputs from agencies
