Mumbai: Laxman Savadi, who had gained negative popularity in 2012 for watching a pornographic video in the state assembly, is being promoted as the deputy chief minister of Karnataka. The decision has come under strong criticism both by women’s organisations and opposition parties.
Savadi was caught watching porn in the state assembly, after which he and two other BJP ministers C.C. Patil and Krishna Palemar were forced to resign.
The AIDWA issued a press release condemning the elevation, saying while “Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes tall claims through the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ campaign of providing security to women”, the elevation of the two ministers “exposed” the saffron party’s “anti-woman character once again.”
“The attempt to murder the Unnao rape victim by the accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar who is at present lodged in the jail shocked everyone. It is extremely disturbing that such people as Savadi are today being promoted to positions of power,” the statement says
The organisation resolved to “continue its campaign to expose the real anti-women face of the BJP and the Sangh Parivar.”
According to sources, Savadi’s elevation is a “reward” for his successful efforts to convince six Congress-JD(S) MLAs to quit, forcing the coalition into a turmoil.
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