"Pregnancy An Excuse": Karnataka MLA's Remark On Woman Forest Officer Sparks Row | Read
An MLA of the ruling Congress party in Karnataka has triggered a massive row over his comments on a woman officer of the forest department. A video of the MLA making sexist comments against the woman officer has also surfaced.
Shivaganga Basavaraj, the Congress MLA from Channagiri, questioned the forest range officer, Shweta, for not attending a work meeting - and then gave a lecture on maternity leave.
