'Women only for sleeping with husbands': Kerala CPM leader’s victory speech sparks row

KOCHI: A CPM determination person who won successful Thennela Panchayat successful Malappuram has courted contention with a misogynistic remark successful his triumph speech.Saed Ali Majeed, who won by a borderline of 47 votes, made the arguable remark portion addressing his supporters.

The antheral said that women brought present done matrimony are not for presenting earlier strangers for a specified vote, to seizure a ward, oregon to decision him.

Saed Ali besides implied that women are for sleeping with their husbands successful his arguable speech.He added that the President of the Women’s League (women's helping of India's Indian Union Muslim League) released a video the different day, stating that radical shouldn’t speech astir the Women’s League. “If you are successful politics, adjacent the Thangals of Panakkad would beryllium spoken about. Only those who person the guts to perceive whitethorn participate this field. Otherwise, they should beryllium capable to enactment location arsenic housewives,” helium said.Majeed reportedly resigned arsenic CPM section caput to contention successful the polls arsenic an independent. He won the ward, securing 666 votes, 47 much than his hostile from the IUML.