"Such Ignorance...": Smriti Irani Slammed In Row Over Paid Menstrual Leave
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Last week Smriti Irani, responding to the Congress' Shashi Tharoor, said there is "no proposal under consideration to make provision for paid menstrual leave mandatory..."
Telangana lawmaker K Kavitha on Friday ripped into Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani for comments dismissing mandatory paid menstrual leave by workplaces. Ms Irani had told Parliament "menstruation is a physiological phenomenon", that "only a small proportion of women/girls suffer (severe pain)", and that most of these cases could be "managed by medication".
"Menstruation isn't a choice... it is a biological reality (and) denying paid leave ignores the genuine pain countless women endure," the Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader said on X (formerly Twitter).
Ms Kavitha said she had been left "disheartened" by the minister's response.