Kangana Ranaut backs Smriti Irani’s statement on paid menstrual leave

New Delhi: Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut has backed the statement of Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on paid menstrual leave.

Taking over to her Instagram handle, Kangana Ranaut said, “Working woman is a myth, there has not been a single non-working woman in the history of human beings. Starting from farming to house chores to raiding kids, women have always been working and nothing has come in their way to fulfil their commitment to their families or community or nation. Unless it’s some specific medical condition, women don’t need paid leaves for menstruation, please understand its periods not some illness.”

Earlier, Union Minister Smriti Irani, said in Rajya Sabha, “Given today women are opting for more and more economic opportunities, I will just put my personal view on this. I am not the officiating ministry. We should not propose issues where women are in some way denied an equal opportunity just because somebody who does not menstruate has a particular viewpoint towards menstruation.”

“Menstruation is not some illness and women don’t need paid menstrual leave,” she added in her statement.

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