BSP president Mayawati on Saturday condemned Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's remarks on Kashmiri women and asked the BJP leadership to take stern action against those indulging in "anti-women acts".
Khattar has courted a controversy with his remarks that "some people are now saying that as Kashmir is open, brides will be brought from there".
He was expressing concern over low sex ratio in Haryana at an event in Fatehabad on Friday when he made the remarks in an apparent reference to the scrapping of the special status for Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution.
"Now some people say, Kashmir is open, they (brides) will be brought from there. But jokes apart, if (sex) ratio is improved, then there will be a right balance in society," the Haryana chief minister said.
His remarks drew flak from various quarters, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi terming them "despicable".
The BSP president, in a tweet in Hindi, said, "The BSP strongly condemns the mean ...
