CHANDIGARH: Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema on Tuesday condemned "derogatory" remarks by Congress legislator Sukhpal Singh Khaira, against women.
Speaking during proceedings in the Vidhan Sabha and later addressing the media, Cheema demanded that the Congress high command expel Khaira from the party for his reprehensible conduct and "deeply insulting" comments directed at the mothers and daughters of Punjab.
The condemnation came after Khaira reportedly questioned how women celebrating the announcement of Rs 1, 000 under the Mawan Dhian Satkar scheme could give birth to the brave.
Responding to the remark, Cheema stated, "It is deeply shameful that a politician who has been elected multiple times from a state where Guru Nanak Dev preached 'So Kyon Manda Aakhiye Jit Jammeh Rajan' (Why call her bad, from whom kings are born), can so brazenly insult the mothers and daughters of our state."