Misa rakes up desertion of wife by Modi

PATNA: The battle for Bihar has got nastier with the leaders of rival alliances having no hesitation in using words that are considered ‘unparliamentary’ and raking up personal issues.
A day after PM Narendra Modi said at an election meeting at Sona village in Patna district that Lalu Prasad tried “to set” his ‘bechari beti (helpless daughter)’ during the last Lok Sabha election, RJD chief’s daughter Misa Bharti on Monday hit back at the PM raising the issue of “desertion of wife” by Modi.
“Ek beti ‘ghar ki Lakshmi’ hoti hai. Wo aur baat hai ki kuch log is Lakshmi ko vivah kar bewazah chhor dete hai. Ek beti ghar ki izzat hoti hai, par kuch log unke pichhe jasusi karne aur karwane lagte hai (A daughter is the Lakshmi of home. But some people desert this Lakshmi without any reason after marrying her. A daughter happens to be the dignity of her home. But some people indulge in spying against her),” Misa wrote in a post on Facebook on Tuesday, in a oblique reference to Modi not keeping his wife Jashodaben with him since long.
Misa’s post has gone viral on social media. It has so far been shared by more than 100 people and liked by 425 Facebook users.
Using strong words against Modi, Misa in her post adds, “If a woman is ‘bechari (helpless)’ today, it is mainly because people like you don’t know how to respect a woman. Even after becoming Prime Minister of the country, people call a woman ‘bechari’ from a public platform.” “On the one hand, you give the slogan of ‘Beti Padhao Beti Bachao’ and at the same time, you openly use indecent language for a woman,” Misa said. “At Sona (Naubatpur) meeting, you openly said that Laluji tried ‘to set’ his ‘bechari’ daughter in the last election. Does a father try ‘to set’ his daughter? What type of an indecent language is this? That too, for a woman. Have you forgotten all ‘samskar’ and ‘maryada’ after becoming the PM?” Misa asked Modi.
Misa also said in her post that she was daughter of 1974 movement. “I do not require help of anyone for being ‘set’ (at any post). I am already set in the hearts of people,” she said.