Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala has been under scrutiny for his alleged 'derogatory' remarks on BJP MP from Mathura Hema Malini. The row started when BJP IT department head Amit Malviya shared a video on social media platform X on April 3, in which Surjewala is seen addressing a rally. He wrote, "Congress MP Randeep Surjewala makes a vile sexist comment, that is demeaning and derogatory, not just for Hema Malini, who is an accomplished individual, but women in general."
Acting on this, the Haryana State Women Commission (HSWC) on Thursday issued notice to General Secretary of Indian National Congress Surjewala over his alleged vulgar remarks against Hema Malini. HSWC has summoned Surjewala to personally appear before the Commission at its office in Sector 4, Panchkula at 10.30 am on April 9, 2024, to record his clarification regarding the remarks.
Talking to media persons in Ambala, HSWC chairman Renu Bhatia strongly condemned the remarks by Surjewal. Bhatia said, “Surjewala Ji has expressed his mentality. By speaking so, he has shown what kind of upbringing has been given to him about women. It is sad that such people who look good can be so dark in mind. Sadly, so far, the Congress party has not taken any action against him. Surjewala has crossed all limits of vulgarity.”
On the other hand, Surjewal wrote on his X handle, “It has become a habit of BJP's IT Cell to distort and spread fake and false things so that every day they can divert the attention of country from anti-youth, anti-farmer, anti-poor policies and failures of the Modi government and the conspiracy to destroy the Constitution of India.” Surjewala said, “Listen to the full video - I said that we also respect Hema Malini Ji a lot. Because she is married to Dharmendra Ji, she is our daughter-in-law."
