New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): On the eve of International Women's Day, Delhi Police organised an All India Women's Karate Championship at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday.

New Delhi Nov 29 PTI Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday posted a selfie with six women MPs on Twitter with a caption Who says the Lok Sabha isnt an attractive place to work triggering a controversy with many rights activists and women organisations accusing him of sexismFaced with severe criticism Tharoor later apologised for offending some people and said the whole selfie thing was done at the women MPs initiative in great good humour and it was they who asked me to tweet it in the same spiritWho says the Lok Sabha isnt an attractive place to work With six of my fellow MPs this morning he said and posted a picture of himself with Supriya Sule Preneet Kaur Thamizhachi Thangapandian Mimi Chakraborty Nusrat Jahan Ruhi and JyothimaniHis tweet sparked controversy with many accusing him of sexism and objectificationReacting sharply National Commission for Women chairperson Rekha Sharma tweeted you are demeaning their contribution in parliament and politics by making them an object of attraction Stop objectifying women in parliamentIncredible that someone as exposed to equality discourse as ShashiTharoor would attempt to reduce elected political leaders to their looks and centre himself in the comment to boot This is 2021 folks tweeted Karuna Nandy a Supreme Court advocateResponding to Nandys tweet badminton player and Arjuna awardee Jwala Gutta tweeted not really Karuna I think we need to take a few things in a lighter noteand not see everything with a magnifying glassAnd this was a compliment to all the women in the Parliament which is generally stereotyped just my opinion BJP Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla also lashed out at Tharoor for his tweet saying no woman in the country should be reduced to just about her looksA large number of people will feel very discomforted by an attempt by Mr Tharoor I think it may be an innocuous or subconscious attempt indeed he has reduced particularly our women MPs who contribute a great deal in the nation-building process just to their looks he told a TV channelCommenting on Tharoors remark a Twitter user said women in the Lok Sabha are not decorative items meant to make your workspace attractive They are parliamentarians and you are being disrespectful and sexist No man seems to be beyond casual everyday sexism another netizen saidAfter the online backlash Tharoor tweeted the whole selfie thing was done at the women MPs initiative in great good humour it was they who asked me to tweet it in the same spirit I am sorry some people are offended but I was happy to be roped into this show of workplace camaraderie Thats all this is the MP from Thiruvananthapuram saidHowever TMC MP Mauhua Moitra defended Tharoor and tweeted not surprised that a bunch of ugly trolls attacking ShashiTharoor on a non-issue to detract attention from this non-attractive governments decision to not allow a discussion on the farm act repealLater another Congress MP Karti Chidambaram tweeted a picture of him with Moitra and Tharoor and said Hopefully this wont generate flak Responding to Chidambaram Tharoor said It will and it has But have pity on the humourless Attacking Tharoor for his comments activists said it is high-time politicians realise that women are much more their looksAkancha Srivastava the founder of Akancha Srivastava Foundation a non-profit organisation that works towards imparting cyber safety knowledge said there is a need to stop treating women as objects and it is high time that this mentality goes awayChhavi Methi an activist with theBharatiya Samajik Jagritik Sanghatan said the mentality that women can be just attractive or beautiful needs to changeThere is so much more to them and people need to acknowledge that and give them the respect that they deserve she said PTI ASK UZM PYK PYK