Women in Islam no better than footwear, says BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, April 16, 2016: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sakshi Maharaj ignited a controversy today by saying women in Islam are "no better than footwear".

"Women in Islam are no better than footwear," Sakshi Maharaj said.

Known for his controversial remarks, the fire brand BJP MP demanded the right to offer Namaz for women and sought judiciary intervention to get them entry into mosques.

"The country should be run by the constitution and not Fatwas," the BJP MP from Unnao said.

Last year, Sakshi Maharaj had issued a clarion call to Hindus to produce at least four children to protect Hinduism. He sought to justify his theory of four children by raising the popular stereotype about Muslim community.

Without naming the minority community, Sakshi Maharaj had said: "The concept of four wives and forty children just won’t work in India but it is high time that every Hindu woman must produce at least four children to protect the Hindu religion".

Sakshi Maharaj has repeatedly been in controversies because of his statements. He had created a furore when he termed the religious madarsas a source of terrorism in India.