Bharatiya Janata Party Mahila Morcha
PresidentVanathi Srinivasan
HeadquartersNew Delhi
Ideology
Mahila Morcha office bearers meet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015

BJP Mahila Morcha, or simply Mahila Morcha (IPA: Mahilā Mōrcā, transl. Women's Front), is the women's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of India. Vanathi Srinivasan, former Tamil Nadu BJP Unit Vice president and current Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Coimbatore South state assembly constituency is the national president of the wing.[1][2][3][4]

List of presidents

Campaigns

In September 2019 the Mahila Morcha used the Durga Puja festival in a campaign to spread the BJP party's message to women particularly on Article 370 and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).[5]

Controversies

In August 2022, Seema Patra, member of the national working committee of the BJP's women's wing, allegedly tortured a domestic worker named Sunita. Several videos that were circulated online showed Sunita narrating her stories. Injuries on her body were visible, she was unable to sit and her teeth was smashed. She alleged that her teeth were broken with an iron rod and that she was forced to lick urine, and clean the floor with her tongue. When she asked permission to go back to home, she was beaten up and locked. Seema kept the worker captive for around 10 years. When the video went viral, BJP suspended Seema Patra from the party, with Jharkhand BJP president Deepak Prakash ordering action against her.[6][7] The next day, Jharkhand Police arrested due to the allegations.[8]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Akhilesh Yadav faces BJP Mahila Morcha protests over Badaun gangrape : North, News - India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Badaun Gangrape: Police Fire Water Cannons on Protesters". Outlookindia.com. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "BJP Mahila Morcha protests against increasing number of rapes in UP". Business Standard India. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Madhav, Pramod (20 July 2021). "Discussion on 'Kongu Nadu' needed, growth of area pending for years: BJP MLA Vanathi Srinivasan". India Today. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  5. ↑ Arnimest (2019).
  6. ↑ "BJP Suspends Jharkhand Leader Over Allegations of Brutal Torture of Domestic Worker". The Wire. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Jharkhand horror: BJP leader Seema Patra accused of torturing domestic help in Ranchi". The New Indian Express. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Jharkhand Police Arrests BJP's Seema Patra on Allegations of Torturing Domestic Help". The Wire. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.


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