‘North Indian Women Told To Stay At Home, Bear Child’: DMK MP Sparks Row

DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran has sparked a massive political row with a remark comparing North India women and Tamil Nadu women. Maran, a four-time MP from Chennai Central, has said that while women in Tamil Nadu are asked to study, their counterparts in North India are asked to “work in the kitchen” and “bear children”. Addressing students at Quaid-E-Millath Government College for Women, Maran said, “Our girls ought to be confident and proud with a laptop, whether you attend an interview or pursue postgraduation. That confidence is in Tamil Nadu where we ask girls to study and study. What do they say in the North? Girls? Don’t go to work, be at home, be in the kitchen, bear a child, that’s your job.”