Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath thinks that women — holding sit-in demonstrations — don’t understand what Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is, and have been pushed to holding protests by male members of their families and political parties.<\/p>\n
Adityanath asked why women \u2013 \u201cwho did not know what Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is\u201d \u2013 were staging sit-in protests. He was referring to the Shaheen Bagh sit-in in particular, where women have been staging protests continuously for over 40 days now. Women are also participating in a sit-in at Lucknow\u2019s iconic Clock Tower, inspired by the women at Shaheen Bagh. In fact, thousands of women across the country have been staging sit-ins as well. Men too have partipated in the protests and sit-ins.<\/p>\n
Yogi Adityanath accused the Opposition for being behind this strategy. \u201cThe tactic of pushing women forward\u2026 those who do not know what the CAA is are staging sit-ins\u2026 they (the Opposition) will say the men of the house have become so incompetent that they want the women to go\u2026\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He claimed men had pushed women and children to spend the nights outside in the cold, while they slept under quilts at home. At Kanpur in a pro-CAA rally while speaking on this, Adityanath said that the protesters lacked courage. \u201cThese people (referring to the men) do not have courage to participate in protests themselves\u2026 what have they done? They started making the women of their houses sit at roads. The children have been made to sit too\u2026\u201d the UP CM said. He said it was a \u201cbig crime\u201d that they were themselves sleeping at home while the women were out in the cold along with the children. He said that the men knew that if they indulged in vandalism, their property would be seized.<\/p>\n
He accused the Congress, the Left and the Samajwadi Party for \u201cpushing the women forward\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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