Sudhir Mungantiwar, a BJP MLA from Maharashtra, has reacted angrily to the Maharashtra government's decision to select varsity members from the LGBTQ community

Sudhir Mungantiwar, a Maharashtra BJP politician, caused a stir by criticising the Maharashtra government's proposal to pick LGBTQ community members as university members. "However," he continued, "they have yet to be defined." "Anyone who has had intercourse with an animal can join, according to the government's proposal." "Will the animal confirm their sexual relationship?" he wondered. He went on to speculate if those who had sex with animals would be considered 'asexual' by the government and if they would be appointed to colleges as well.

On the other hand, Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant defended the state government's decision, arguing that the Supreme Court had said that everyone should be given an equal chance. "This is not the first time Maharashtra has enacted legislation of this nature. Several states have enacted the legislation. Every component should be given an opportunity to shine. Rather than exaggerating, LGBTQ individuals should be given additional opportunities. He claimed that the bill was only introduced after extensive consultations with intellectuals from throughout India.

All whilst, state Congress General Secretary Sachin Sawant bashed Mungantiwar, asserting that "RSS-minded people, who want to yank India into the inky blackness of wrongheaded doctrines, will fail to grasp that intellectual ability and sexuality have no link," and that "many of the world's most positive and progressive scientists, intellectuals, and painters were LGBTQ community members."

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