‘Online auction’ of women: ‘Result of dehumanisation of minorities by BJP,’ says Congress

Congress leaders on Monday called for strict action against the accused persons who set up an online application that allegedly put up doctored photographs of Muslim women to harass and insult them through an auction.

“Strongly condemn this disgusting harassment of Muslim women,” Mallikarjun Kharge said in a tweet. “This is the result of repeated dehumanisation of minorities by the BJP leadership. Why were previous instances of similar harassment ignored? I hope this time, strongest action against the guilty will be taken.”

This is the second time in a span of a year that such an app has been created. In July, an app called “Sulli deals” had posted hundreds of images of Muslim women for “online auction”. “Sulli” is a derogatory term used to refer to Muslim women.

The new app, named “Bulli Bai”, reportedly works in a similar way as “Sulli Deals”. Muslim women with a number of followers on Twitter have been targeted on both the apps, which were uploaded on repository hosting service GitHub.

Strongly condemn this disgusting harassment of Muslim women. This is the result of repeated dehumanization of minorities by the BJP leadership.

Why were previous instances of similar harassment ignored? I hope this time, strongest action against the guilty will be taken. pic.twitter.com/ssttxlTkiB

— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) January 3,…

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