Himachal Pradesh Congress President Pratibha Singh has responded to the political speculation surrounding the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and the possibility of her facing off against BJP’s Kangana Ranaut. Pratibha Singh, the wife of the late Virbhadra Singh, the six-time Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, currently represents the Mandi constituency of Himachal Pradesh. When asked about her stance on contesting against Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut for the Mandi Lok Sabha seat, here’s what she said. Watch!
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Left women leaders slam Delhi HC Justice Pratibha Singh for comments hailing Manusmriti
By PTI
NEW DELHI: Left women leaders have slammed Delhi High Court Justice Pratibha Singh for her purported comments that Manusmriti gives “a very respectable position to women”.
In a statement on Thursday, National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) general secretary Annie Raja registered her strong disagreement with Justice Singh’s comments.
Speaking on challenges faced by women in science, technology, entrepreneurship and mathematics on Wednesday, Justice Singh presented highly regressive ideas which reeked of casteism as well as classism, Annie Raja said.
“Her reading of the Manusmriti willfully chooses to ignore the institutionalised prescriptions of the absolute disciplining and punishing of women bodies and ideas. This is in addition to the despicable ascriptive norms of caste that is encoded in the said text,” the NFIW said in the statement.
Justice Singh seems woefully ignorant of the pathetic condition of women at large and particularly of women from historically marginalised communities not just in the Indian subcontinent but across the globe, she said.
CPIM politburo member Brinda Karat said as a a High Court judge, Justice Singh is duty bound to uphold the Constitution of India regardless of her personal views.
“The scriptures she has quoted are in many sections directly in flagrant opposition to the Constitution and the rights granted to women of India and especially Dalit and Adivasi women by the Constitution,” Karat said in a statement.
“Her statement only strengthens the retrogressive views of those who uphold the caste system and that women must accept subordination and control of men, fathers, husbands, sons,” she added.
NEW DELHI: Left women leaders have slammed Delhi High Court Justice Pratibha Singh for her purported comments that Manusmriti gives “a very respectable position to women”.
In a statement on Thursday, National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) general secretary Annie Raja registered her strong disagreement with Justice Singh’s comments.
Speaking on challenges faced by women in science, technology, entrepreneurship and mathematics on Wednesday, Justice Singh presented highly regressive ideas which reeked of casteism as well as classism, Annie Raja said.
“Her reading of the Manusmriti willfully chooses to ignore the institutionalised prescriptions of the absolute disciplining and punishing of women bodies and ideas. This is in addition to the despicable ascriptive norms of caste that is encoded in the said text,” the NFIW said in the statement.
Justice Singh seems woefully ignorant of the pathetic condition of women at large and particularly of women from historically marginalised communities not just in the Indian subcontinent but across the globe, she said.
CPIM politburo member Brinda Karat said as a a High Court judge, Justice Singh is duty bound to uphold the Constitution of India regardless of her personal views.
“The scriptures she has quoted are in many sections directly in flagrant opposition to the Constitution and the rights granted to women of India and especially Dalit and Adivasi women by the Constitution,” Karat said in a statement.
“Her statement only strengthens the retrogressive views of those who uphold the caste system and that women must accept subordination and control of men, fathers, husbands, sons,” she added.
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‘AAP may have received funding from Khalistani leader’, alleges HP Congress leader
By PTI
SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh Congress president Pratibha Singh on Tuesday alleged that Khalistani leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun might have played an important role in funding the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Pratibha Singh in a statement asked the AAP to reveal its sources of funding.
Terming her statement “unfortunate”, state AAP spokesperson Gaurav Sharma said, “People who live in houses of glass, do not throw stones at others houses.”
“AAP’s popularity and base is on the rise in Himachal Pradesh, that is why both, the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress, are feeling insecure,” he said. “That is why, Pratibha Singh is issuing baseless statement regarding AAP’s funding which does not suit her,” Sharma said.
Pratibha Singh also expressed concern over ‘Sikh For Justice’ General Counsel Gurpatwant Singh Pannun’s threat to Himachal Pradesh in an audio message and called for his immediate arrest. She said it was “shameful” that the foreign-based extremist is issuing open threats to the country and the state, but the government was “doing nothing”.
Pratibha Singh, an MP from Mandi, said Pannun has earlier also threatened the state government but nothing was done even then.
Dismissing her charges as futile, Sharma said there was a need to handle “the anti-national forces” collectively in the “national and the state interest”. He said that AAP has been demanding Pannun’s arrest for a long time.
Earlier, Pannun in an audio messages threatened the state chief minister of violence in the state if he stops the raising of the Khalistani flag in Dharamshala.
In his message, he boasted about the Monday RPG attack at Punjab Police intelligence headquarters in Mohali, and said “it could have been Shimla also”.
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Pratibha Singh appointed President of Himachal Pradesh Congress
Express News Service
CHANDIGARH: Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Mandi, Pratibha Singh has been appointed as the President of Himachal Pradesh Congress, she is wife of former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh.
Besides appointing Pratibha Singh as Himachal Congress chief, the party has appointed four working presidents, Harsh Mahajan, Rajinder Rana, Vinay Kumar and Pawan Kajal. Meanwhile, Mukesh Agnihotri will stay as Himachal Congress Legislative Party leader and Harshvardhan Chauhan is deputy CLP leader. Former Himachal Congress President and Nadaun MLA Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu has been appointed as Chairman of the campaign committee and a member of the screening committee. “It is for the first time working presidents have been appointed by the party in the state congress,” said a senior leader.
A few state party leaders are of the opinion that appointing Pratibha Singh as state Congress chief would strengthen the party and the factionalism might come to an end as the dominant group within the party is the former CM’s family. Moreover, they said, the Rajput factor will work in her favour and the most important the sympathy wave given how after the death of former CM Virbhadra Singh last year the state Congress has been a divided lot.
“To win the elections, the Congress with this move has tried to put a united face despite its internal differences,” said a party leader.
Sources said that the Congress would not declare a chief ministerial face for the upcoming assembly polls scheduled for later this year as the ruling BJP has already declared sitting Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur as the face of the party.
Meanwhile, Jagat Singh Negi is the chief whip and Dr Rajesh Sharma is the treasurer. Also, former union minister Anand Sharma has been appointed as Chairman of the steering committee and Asha Kumari convenor. Meanwhile Dhaniram Shandil will be the chairman of the Manifesto Committee, Ashish Butail will be the vice-chairman and Rohit Thakur convenor. Adjusting other leaders Kaul Singh Thakur has been named as the Chairman of the coordination committee and Ram Lal Thakur Chairman of the Election Management Committee.
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Himachal leader’s Kargil remark puts Congress in fix
By Express News Service
CHANDIGARH: The Congress is in an uneasy situation in Himachal Pradesh. Pratibha Singh, party candidate from Mandi Lok Sabha seat in Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur’s home district, triggered a controversy by saying that the Kargil war was not a major battle.
Addressing a gathering during her election campaign, the widow of former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said, “BJP gave ticket to an ex-serviceman who took part in Kargil war. It was not major war. Pakistanis had captured our territory which was taken back by our army. The BJP gave the ticket to this person who fought this war in order to get votes, which is not the right thing to do.’’