Sena MLA says Priyanka Chaturvedi in RS because of beauty, faces flak

A Shiv Sena MLA on Sunday came in for flak over his misogynistic remarks against Rajya Sabha member Priyanka Chaturvedi, who belongs to the Uddhav Thackeray-led group.

The Eknath Shinde-led party's MLA Sanjay Shirsat claimed that Chaturvedi was sent to Rajya Sabha by Aaditya Thackeray because of her beauty. Shirsat said former MP Chandrakant Khaire, who belongs to the Uddhav Thackeray faction, had told him this.

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Slamming Shirsat, Chaturvedi called him a traitor who sold his soul and integrity. "I don't need a traitor to tell me what I look like and why I'm where I am,” she tweeted.

मी कशी दिसते आणि मी जिथे आहे तिथे का आहे हे मला एका गद्दार व्यक्तीने सांगायची गरज नाही, ज्याने 50 खोक्यांसाठी आपला आत्मा आणि प्रामाणिकपणा विकला.

संजय शिरसाट हे राजकारण आणि महिलांबद्दलच्या त्यांच्या विचारांमधील व्यापक आजाराचे एक उत्तम उदाहरण आहे, ते त्यांच्या टिप्पण्यांमधून…

— Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19) July 30, 2023

Shirsat has displayed his sick views on politics and women, she added. Aaditya Thackeray told reporters that Shirsat has a rotten mind and has realised his worth. “I don’t know how people with such a rotten mindset have survived in politics,” he said. Priyanka Chaturvedi joined the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena in 2019 after leaving the Congress, where she served as a national spokesperson.