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BJP Mahila Morcha
Affiliate organization of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mahila Morcha (IPA: Mahilā Mōrcā, transl. Women's Front), is the women's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Vanathi Srinivasan, former Tamil Nadu BJP Unit Vice president and current Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Coimbatore South state assembly constituency is the national president of the wing.[1][2][3][4]
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List of presidents
The list of Mahila Morcha presidents from 1980 to present is given here:[5]
- Raja Mataji (1980—1985)
- Mridula Sinha (1985—1991)
- Jayawanti Ben Mehta (1991—1995)
- Mridula Sinha (1995 —1998)
- Maya Singh (1998—2000)
- Surama Padhy (2000—2002)
- Kanta Tai Nalawade (2002—2004)
- Karuna Shukla (2004—2007)
- Kiran Maheshwari (2007—2010)
- Smriti Irani (24 June 2010—24 April 2013)
- Saroj Pandey (24 April 2013—21 August 2014)
- Vijaya Rahatkar (21 August 2014—28 October 2020)
- Vanathi Srinivasan (28 October 2020—present)
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Campaigns
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In September 2019, the Mahila Morcha used the Durga Puja festival in a campaign to spread the BJP party's message to women particularly on Article 370 and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).[6]
Controversies
In August 2022, Seema Patra, member of the national working committee of the BJP's women's wing, allegedly tortured a domestic worker named Sunita. Several videos that were circulated online showed Sunita narrating her stories. Injuries on her body were visible, she was unable to sit and her teeth was smashed. She alleged that her teeth were broken with an iron rod and that she was forced to lick urine, and clean the floor with her tongue. When she asked for permission to go back home, she was beaten up and locked. Seema kept the worker captive for around 10 years. When the video went viral, BJP suspended Seema Patra from the party, with Jharkhand BJP president Deepak Prakash ordering for action against her.[7][8] The next day, Jharkhand Police arrested the BJP leader due to the allegations.[9]
See also
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- Vanathi Srinivasan, President of Mahila Morcha
- Bharatiya Janata Party, The parent political party
- Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the youth wing of BJP
- All India Mahila Congress, comparable women's wing of opposition party
References
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