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India: Kick the pro-rape MP out of Parliament
India: Kick the pro-rape MP out of Parliament

To Prime Minister Narendra Modi and National President of the BJP, Amit Shah:

As concerned citizens deeply disturbed by the sexist comments made by BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj, we call on you to urgently suspend him from Parliament and from all Parliamentary Committees. We call on you to stand up for India’s women and send a strong signal to the country that there is no place in Parliament for a politician who condones rape.

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To Prime Minister Narendra Modi and National President of the BJP, Amit Shah:
"As concerned citizens deeply disturbed by the sexist comments made by BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj, we call on you to urgently suspend him from Parliament and from all Parliamentary Committees. We call on you to stand up for India’s women and send a strong signal to the country that there is no place in Parliament for a politician who condones rape."
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MP Sakshi Maharaj has just stood up for the guru jailed for twenty years for raping two women! It's a betrayal of women everywhere, but if we act right now, we can kick this pro-rape politician out!

BJP MP Maharaj has been accused of rape himself, and is a known hardliner -- in the past he's suggested conversion to Islam and Christianity could be punishable by death. Now he has supported the rapist guru, calling him a 'simple man' who he says is being 'harassed'.

Let's stand up for women everywhere and demand he's shown the door. His party is already under pressure -- let’s push Prime Minister Modi and the President of the BJP to suspend this sexist rape-champion and remove pro-rape politicians from India’s Parliament.

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