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Pragya Thakur said, at an event, that parents should physically punish their daughters for visiting non-Hindu homes.

Congress criticised her remarks, calling them hateful and regressive.

The statements have sparked widespread social media outrage.

Former Bhopal MP and BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur has sparked controversy after urging parents to physically punish daughters who visit the homes of non-Hindus. Speaking at a religious event in Bhopal earlier this month, Thakur said that parents should “break the legs” of daughters who disobey them.

In a video of the event that has gone viral on social media , Thakur said, “Strengthen your mind, and make it so strong that if our daughter does not obey us, if she goes to a non-Hindu’s house, leave no stone unturned

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