Bhopal, Dec. 1 :
Bhopal, Dec. 1:
Shabnam Mausi, the country's first and only eunuch MLA, yesterday chased a Congress MLA and former minister in the Assembly lobby with a slipper in her hand.
The MLA and former PWD minister, Bisahulal Singh, ran down the corridor crying for help as Shabnam hurled abuses at him. The incident occurred a little after 1 pm, just before lunch break.
Shabnam Mausi and Bisahulal Singh are legislators from neighbouring constituencies in Shahdol district. The eunuch had been issuing statements against Bisahulal often to the media.
Inside the Assembly, Bisahulal has a seat among the treasury benches, while Shabnam, being an Independent, sits directly opposite in the last row with the BJP Opposition. During the Assembly session they keep avoiding each other's eye.
However, on Thursday afternoon, they bumped into each other in the lobby. An altercation started. No one knows what exactly the immediate provocation was. The former minister refused to comment saying it was a 'personal problem'.
Shabnam, on the other hand, told The Telegraph that the former minister provoked her. 'I didn't start it,' she said. 'He was the one. First he abused my mother. I asked him to behave himself. But he kept abusing my mother and said he would beat me up with his shoe. Now that was too much for me. I immediately said: 'What are you trying to do? Proving your manhood?' Then it was my turn. I also gave it back to him. I am obviously the better one at these tactics. I have been trained to protect myself from men like these and pay back abuses in the same coin.'
Shabnam ran after the middle-aged MLA. Puzzled security men gaped helplessly. The chase continued till two other BJP MLAs who were leaving the House saw them. They caught hold of Mausi, who, by now was trembling with rage.
Sure of his safety, Bisahulal turned to Mausi and threatened her. Shabnam walked into the Assembly shouting that she had been manhandled. The House erupted in chaos and was adjourned for lunch break. Mausi then walked into the Speaker's room demanding action.
'I will get the entire eunuch force here if you cannot protect me,' she cried. Later, Mausi submitted a complaint with the Speaker.
The Speaker, the chief minister as well as the House have washed their hands of the matter. Chief minister Digvijay Singh openly confessed: 'The incident is unfortunate but Shabnam Mausi is beyond my control, believe me. I can do nothing here.'' The Speaker is silent.
Shabnam Mausi had once expressed her wish to join the Congress and had tied a rakhi on Digvijay's wrist to gain his
support.
But after this incident, state Congress chief Radhakishan Malviya roared: 'The Congress has men enough. We don't need eunuchs. So long as I am heading the party here there will be no eunuchs in the
party.'
Shabnam retaliated this morning at a press conference: 'What am I going to say to this? Perhaps the PCC chief has forgotten that his name happens to be Radhakishan-he is Radha at night and Kishan
during the day. This way isn't he my true brother?'
Friday, 28 November 2025