Menstruation not ‘handicap’: Smriti Irani opposes paid leave policy

New Delhi, 14/12: Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani expressed her opposition to the idea of paid menstrual leaves for women as she answered a question by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) member Manoj Kumar Jha in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

As a menstruating woman, menstruation and the menstruation cycle are not a handicap; it’s a natural part of women’s life journey…” Irani said. Jha had asked about the measures that the government was taking for making compulsory provisions for employees