
Fake news ...... calling you out on it. Will post my video soon. https://t.co/ZZzJ26KBXa
� Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) October 23, 2018
Several hours later, Irani tweeted the full video and a series of tweets.#WATCH Union Minister Smriti Irani says," I have right to pray,but no right to desecrate. I am nobody to speak on SC verdict as I'm a serving cabinet minster. Would you take sanitary napkins seeped in menstrual blood into a friend's home? No.Why take them into house of God?" pic.twitter.com/Fj1um4HGFk
� ANI (@ANI) October 23, 2018
Irani's clarification stuck to her own experiences at not being allowed to enter a Parsi temple, a faith followed by her Zoroastrian husband and kids. She said that she "respects that stand by the Zoroastrian community / priests and do not approach any court for a right to pray as a mother of 2 Zoroastrian children." It is not clear why Irani brought in the reference of 'desecration' by citing an example of someone carrying used sanitary napkins to a place of worship. It is also not clear if Irani's references differentiated between menstruating women wanting to enter a temple or the act of carrying an used sanitary pad to a place of worship. Clearly, the second case can only be attributed to an act of defiance or rebellion to prove a point. While Irani's clarification has not made any direct references, several handles claimed on Twitter that her quote was linked to a Kerala based activist planning to carry a sanitary napkin to the temple.Since many people are talking about my comments � let me comment on my comment.
As a practising Hindu married to a practising Zoroastrian I am not allowed to enter a fire temple to pray. � Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) October 23, 2018
In the past one week, right-wing websites have published unverified reports claiming that activists trying to enter the Sabarimala temple had carried sanitary napkins along with them. IndusScrolls had claimed in their story by attributing it to media reports that "Fathima had told her friends that she wanted to throw sanitary napkins at Ayyappa idol and told her friends to remain glued on to their TV sets." [caption id="attachment_40687" align="aligncenter" width="865"]That is not what @smritiirani said. She was clearly talking about an activist who wanted to smuggle a sanitary napkin into the temple only to provoke. Nothing dirty or cheap about sanitary napkin but does it belong in a temple or a dining table or living rooms of our homes? https://t.co/zQazSmcg49
� Sunanda Vashisht (@sunandavashisht) October 23, 2018


