TN BJP Leader Shares Post Abusing Female Journalists on Facebook

This comes after the TN Governor courted controversy by patting the cheeks of a female journalist in Chennai.

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader S Ve Shekher courted controversy on Thursday, 20 April, by sharing a Facebook post commenting on the incident of the Tamil Nadu Governor patting the cheeks of a female journalist in Chennai.

In the post (which has now been taken down), derogatory remarks were made about women journalists, as reported by The Indian Express.

The Facebook post was titled “Madurai University, Governor and the Virgin Cheeks of a Girl”. The post goes on to demean female reporters and claims girls have to sleep with bigwigs to become reporters.