The chairwoman of the National Commission for Women (NCW), Rekha Sharma, has come under fire on social media after meeting with Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Tuesday to discuss issues related to the safety of women in the state. , including the increasing number of cases of sexual assault and also the “increasing cases of love jihad”.
NCW India’s official Twitter user tweeted a photo from the meeting and mentioned “love jihad” as one of the topics discussed between its president and the governor of Maharashtra.
Our President, Rekha Sharma, met with Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari, His Excellency, Governor of Maharashtra, and discussed issues related to the safety of women in the state, including the missing One Stop Centers, sexual abuse and rape of female patients in Covid-19 centers and the increase in love jihad cases, ”said the NCW.
The tweet sparked the ire of social media users when the government in February told Parliament that the term ‘Love Jihad’ was not defined in current laws. The comment was made by the young Interior Minister G Kishan Reddy, who was responding to the question of whether any of the central agencies have reported any cases of love jihad from the southern state in the past two years.
“Article 25 of the Constitution establishes the freedom to profess, practice and propagate religion subject to public order, morals and health. Several courts have confirmed this opinion, including the Kerala High Court, ”G Kishan Reddy had said.
Social media users unearthed some old Sharma tweets in which she was seen making fun of women, politicians and women politicians. The tweets date back to 2012 to 2014, before she became president of NCW.
In August 2015, Rekha Sharma was appointed head of NCW and prior to that she was BJP District Secretary and Head of Media in Haryana.
Following Twitter outrage, Rekha Sharma has now protected her Twitter account. Your old tweets are no longer accessible.
‘Love jihad’ is a term popularized by radical Hindu groups to describe what they believe to be an organized conspiracy by Muslim men to force or trick Hindu women into converting and marrying. The alleged motives include the expansion of the Muslim population of India and aid to the Islamic State.
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