They Need Protection, Not Independence: How CM Yogi Views Women

Yogi opined that women always need to be protected, lest their ‘energy’ goes to waste.

Yogi Adityanath, the saffron-clad mahant and Uttar Pradesh’s new Chief Minister, has embarked on his journey to ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’ .

While this vikas also includes development for women – many of whom awarded BJP its sweeping victory in the state – here’s the yogi’s stance on nearly 50 percent of the state’s population.

In an essay published on his website (yogiadityanath.in) in 2014, the monk makes a long-drawn argument against reservation for women.

Defying the party line, Adityanath was one of several BJP MPs who opposed the Women’s Reservation Bill in 2010.

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