"Husband Alive? Wear Bindi": Karnataka BJP MP's Women's Day Shocker
NDTV
A BJP MP from Karnataka triggered controversy on International Women's Day, scolding a woman for not wearing bindi as a mark of her marital status.
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K Muniswamy, the MP Kolar, was visiting a fair ground in Kolar district -- around 70 km from Bengaluru.
The MP, who was invited to inaugurate the fair, was taking a look at stalls where clothes were on sale. During his rounds, he stopped at a particular stall and asked the vendor whether her husband was alive.
"What's your name? Why is there no bindi on your forehead? Your stall named Vaishnavi? Wear bindi on your forehead. Your husband is alive, isn't it?" he told the woman.
