Women burn Big B's posters in Varanasi

Varanasi, Oct 30 (UNI) Over 200 women activists of a local NGO here today burnt posters of Amitabh Bachchan to protest the superstar's reported statement in which he expressed desire for a grand son from son Abhishek's marriage.

The women activists associated with 'Parivartan,' a local NGO, gathered at Hiramanpur under Sarnath police station area and burnt posters of the Bollywood superstar in protest against his recently reported statement expressing a wish for a grand son following Abhishek's marriage.

Terming Big B as ''anti-girl child'' the agitating women also shouted anti-Amitabh slogans like ''Ladka ladki ek saman Amitabh Bachchan murdabad.'' ''Big B is a star who is idolised by countless Indians across the world. His desire for a grandson and not a granddaughter smacks of male chauvinism which is against the spirit of gender equality.

Such statements can have far reaching implications for the entire society,'' convenor of Parivartan said Kanchana Singh.

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