Don't give mobile phones to girls, it distracts them: BSP MP
LUCKNOW: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Rajya Sabha MP Rajpal Singh Saini has landed in a controversy following his statement, at a public meeting in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh (UP), that woman and children, particularly girls, should not be given mobile phones because it "only invites trouble."
Though Saini blamed the media for twisting his statement after it was aired and drew flak from all quarters, the video footage shows Saini saying that he has been asking people in all his public interactions not to allow girls, women and children use mobile phone. Recently, he said that he had met a father of a girl who was kidnapped. He came to know that the father had given a mobile phone to the girl.
Saini said that he told the father that giving cell phones to girls only invites trouble. The BSP MP said, "I exhort people in every public interaction that our mothers and sisters did not have mobile phones but did they die because of it." Saini said that his own mother, wife, sister and daughter never used cell phones and all were doing well in life. He said that men could allow their mobile phones to be used by children, girls and women in the house in case they need to talk to somebody on an important issue.
A senior BSP leader when contacted refused to comment over the issue and described Saini's statement as his personal view. However, sources in the party said that BSP chief Mayawati was angry after she saw the news and directed senior leaders to ask Saini to take 'corrective measures'.
The statement has invited widespread criticism by several women organisations, members of the National Women Commission and Samajwadi Party (SP).
Later, Saini issued a press release stating that the news channels had shown the edited version of his statement. "I was quoted out of context. I had said that the students upto a certain age should be discouraged from using mobile phones as it distracts them from studies. I am in favour of women and girls carrying cell phones, particularly when they venture out of house for some work, because it helps them to call their family members in case of an emergency," he clarified in the press release.
While Saini did 'damage control' as directed by the party's top brass, the issue is not new in Muzaffarnagar which falls in west UP. The area, despite economic progress, still has a highly patriarchal society and is known for Taliban like diktats issued by Khap panchayats.
In July, a panchayat in Bagpat district had banned love marriages, barred women below 40 years of age from going out for shopping and girls from using mobile phones. The region is also known for honour killings and female foeticide. Major political parties avoid commenting on panchayat diktats.
Sushil Kumar, a social activist, said that politicians in west UP publicly say that they are in favour of freedom for women but in private follow and support the diktats of Khap panchayats. He said that politicians, including those who have studied abroad, do not speak against panchayats and patriarchal traditions as it would lead to electoral losses.
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