Phool Singh Baraiya’s Controversial Remark on Rani Laxmibai Sparks Outrage

A video of Congress MLA Phool Singh Baraiya's controversial statement on Veerangana Maharani Laxmibai is going viral on social media. BJP State Minister Lokendra Parashar has posted this video of Baraiya on X. The viral video is said to be of Kanshiram Saheb's death anniversary on 03 October 2015.

Currently, Congress MLA Phool Singh Baraiya is raising questions on Veerangana Laxmibai's martyrdom in the video. Baraiya is saying that Laxmibai did not become a martyr by fighting the British, she came to Gwalior from Jhansi and committed suicide. In the video, Baraiya said- “She fought bravely, she is the queen of Jhansi, we have heard the story from the mouths of Bundela Harbolas, “It is only heard, it is not even written, why do you listen to it, “The battlefield was not Jhansi and she died by committing suicide in Gwalior”

Phool Singh Baraiya further says in the video, “A warrior woman is one who dies in the battlefield, the battlefield was in Jhansi, Lakshmibai died by committing suicide in Gwalior”, “Are those who commit suicide called warrior women? Then every day 10 girls are committing suicide, write about them as warrior women too. Think with your mind about the things you have written and heard.