Smriti Irani opposes paid period leaves for women employees, Kangana Ranaut says 'Periods is not a handicap'

The Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani recently opposed paid period leaves for women employees, stating it’s part of the menstrual cycle and not a handicap.

Irani said, “As a menstruating woman, I can say menstruation and our menstrual cycle is not a handicap, it’s a natural part of a woman’s life journey. Given that women today are opting for more and more economic opportunities, we should not propose issues where women are in some way denied an equal opportunity just because somebody who does not menstruate has a viewpoint on menstruation.”

Kangana Ranaut reacts

The actress penned a long note on Instagram and elaborated, “Unless it’s some specific medical condition women don’t need paid leaves for periods, please understand it’s periods, not some illness or handicap.”

She added, “Working woman is a myth, there hasn’t been a single non-working woman in the history of mankind, from farming to house chores to raising kids women have always been working and nothing has come in the way of their commitment to their families or community or nation. Unless it’s some specific medical condition women don’t need paid leaves for periods, please understand it’s periods, not some illness or handicap.”

On marriage

The actress was giving an interview to Times Now and spoke about her marriage plans. She revealed, “Every girl dreams of her marriage and of having a family. I am a completely family person, it is very important to me. I want to be married and have a family and it will happen before five years. It will be good if it is a mix of arranged and love marriage.”

On her past relationships

You won’t always get success in relationships. And you will be lucky if you don’t get that success at a young age and that happened to me. I was so determined to make that thing work that if it would have continued, I have would have given all my years to it. Luckily that relationship didn’t work for me at that time. I think God protected me, but this perspective comes very late in life.