Can’t take used sanitary pads to friend’s home, says Smriti Irani

MUMBAI: As the debate surrounding the Supreme Court order allowing entry of women of all ages into Kerala’s Sabarimala temple rages on, Union textile minister Smriti Irani indirectly supported the side that is against women entering the shrine, declaring that “everyone has the right to pray, but not to desecrate”.

The 42-year-old minister, who was speaking at a conference in the city on Tuesday, said, “Would you take sanitary napkins seeped in menstrual blood and walk into your friend’s home? You would not. And would you think it is respectable to do the same when walking into the house of God? It is plain common sense.”