Hindutva activist and former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur’s remarks have sparked controversy once again after stating that parents should stop their daughters from visiting the houses of “non-Hindus” and to “break their legs” if they disobey.
Addressing a religious event in Bhopal earlier in October, Thakur urged parents to physically punish their daughters for acting against their wishes.
In a video that is widely being circulated online, she says that one’s mind should be so strong that if their daughter does not listen to them or if she wishes to go to a non-Hindu’s house then, “ Uske taange tod ne ka kasar mat chodna ”(don’t spare any effort in breaking her legs.)
“Strengthen your mind, and make it so strong that if our daughter does not obey us, if she goes to a non-Hindu’s house,