‘this Is Not A Kitchen’ Remark At Meet Irks Women Councillors | Mangaluru News – Times of India

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MANGALURU: “This is Council, not a kitchen”. This remark made by Congress corporator AC Vinayaraj led to commotion at a council meeting of the Mangaluru City Corporation with women members from the BJP taking the opposition member to task on Friday.
The meeting witnessed vociferous arguments between corporators of the Congress and BJP soon after Vinayaraj made the statement. Uproar began at the end of a discussion on an agenda related to acquisition of land for development of road, UGD and cycle track in Attavar in the city. Vinayaraj, who is the corporator of the area, raised objections to the proposal of land acquisition that requires eviction of nearly 28 poor families from their dwellings.
Vinayaraj said that those poor families living in dwellings should be given permanent rehabilitation by providing houses with title deeds before acquiring the land. “We will not remain quiet if the land acquisition was made without providing the family permanent homes,” he said.
Meanwhile, the issue led to a heated argument with allegations and counter allegations between corporators of the ruling BJP and the Congress in the opposition. Women corporators demanded an apology from Vinayaraj alleging that his statement was against women.
Women corporators of the BJP led by Sangeetha R Nayak entered the well of the house and sought intervention of mayor Jayanand Anchan. Later, women shouted slogans against Vinayaraj. The mayor also took Vinayaraj into task. He said, “The remark made by the corporator was insulting to women. Making such a remark has brought shame on the council”.
In fact, corporator Vinayaraj was seeking a reply from the mayor, who had given in anticipation approval for the agenda for the acquisition of land. Later, the council deferred the agenda and decided to hold a meeting of all stakeholders before finalizing the proposal.

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