BJP MP Dilip Ghosh asking Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to decide her father’s identity betrays a growing misogynist mindset and sexism in Indian political discourse. Perfunctory apologies and condemnations have become a license for the next offence. It’s time to expand scope of existing laws to deal with such slurs.
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