If you are a victorious candidate from a constituency, usually the stories published about you in the wake of the win are about the electoral accomplishment, trust factor, promises made and the manifesto proclaimed. Not so if you happen to be Angurlata Deka, BJP MLA from Bardowa, Assam, who has been in the news for, wait a second, “hotness” quotient.
At a time when we are crying foul over Twitter trolls attacking political leaders and party spokespersons with an unprecedented gusto and bile, giving rape threats on open platforms of the social media, Angurlata Deka has been subjected to the most subtly vicious and grossly vulgar bout of objectification.
Just sample these screenshots from some the online articles that have been doing the rounds since her victory was stamped on May 19.
Circulating the old pictures of Angurlata Deka, in which she’s dressed as per the part that she was playing in her previous stint – that of a model and television actor – several media outlets have been fawning over her “hot” body, dubbing her the “hottest woman MLA“ in India, and omitting even a bare mention of what she has promised to do in her contituency, or her rapport with the locals of Bardowa, Assam.
Though some opinion portals have had the good sense to posit intellectually and politically stimulating questions to Deka, most have preferred to focus on her pretty face and socially-approved sexiness, bringing out one more time the overt sexism and the utter disregard for a woman politician’s leadership qualities prevalent in the media, particularly the Hindi language websites and portals. While there has some outrage on Twitter, more tweets have been about circulating tawdry and risque images of the MLA.
Shame on those who are circulating BJP MLA Angurlata Deka’s leaked pic. It’s her personal life whatever she do. None of yours business.
