A derisive comment by Shamanur Shivashankarappa, 92-yer-old Congress patriarch, about Gayathri Siddeshwara, the BJP candidate for the Davangere Lok Sabha constituency, has drawn flak from many, including badminton player Saina Nehwal as well as KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar.
Mr. Shivashankarappa had said that Ms. Siddeshwara was no leader and did not deserve the votes of the people. She had never ventured outside the kitchen and “knows only how to cook”, the leader had said at a campaign meeting in Davangere on Friday.
Ms. Nehwal, who is also a BJP member, took to social media platform X on Saturday and said that the misogynistic remark was “really upsetting”. She said the sexist jibe “is least expected from a party that says Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon”.
