Chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Swati Maliwal on Saturday rebuked Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar for his controversial remark that centred around Kashmiri girls.

Taking the matter on Twitter, DWC chief Swati Maliwal said, "The Chief Minister should be ashamed of his statement, he speaks the language of a road-side Romeo. He has personified women as mere objects."

She further said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to convince Kashmiri people that the entire nation is with them, but this ineffective Chief minister is inciting violence by talking vulgar.

In a tweet, Swati further said, "An FIR must be registered against him."

Swati Maliwal also spoke to India Today on the matter.

"It's absolutely misfortune to have such people as ministers. At a time when there's high alert and sensitive situation in Jammu and Kashmir, People like Manohar Lal Khattar type are not just degrading women's honour, they are also inciting violence."

"I think Beti Bachaao Beti Padhaao will remain a jumla if the party doesn't take action against Vijay Goel and Manohar Lal Khattar," added the DCW chief.

Meanwhile, a notification was also issued by DCW which read, "Such statements by those in high constitutional offices reinforce the notions of a patriarchal society and severely undermine the value and voice of women and girls."

The women organisation also rebuked Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Goel for putting hoardings of Kashmiri girls inside his residence.

The notification further said, "Mr Vijay Goel has outrageously put out huge hoardings of Kashmiri girls inside his Delhi residence. Mr Khattar, on the other hand, has declared that now men from Haryana would bring Kashmiri girls for marriage. The Commission strongly recommends immediate registration of FIR against the said office bearers."

This comes after Manohar Lal Khattar was misquoted by news agency ANI saying, "Earlier bahus used to come from Bihar but now we will bring girls from Kashmir."

However, Khattar was actually talking about the sex ratio balance in the state.

The chief minister was addressing a State-level function of Maharishi Bhagirath Jayanti Samaroh at Fatehabad.

Talking about the progress Haryana has made in restoring the sex ratio balance in the state, Khattar said the ratio of girls per 1,000 boys has gone up from 850 to 933. But that's not enough, he said as the sex ratio is still not fixed.

"Earlier Cabinet Minister OP Dhankad would say we will bring girls from Bihar to marry into Haryana. Now some people are saying we will bring them from Kashmir but jokes aside, only after the sex ratio in our society is fixed, we can restore a balance," Khattar had said.

Under the former Article 370, women who belonged to the former state were barred from any property rights in case they marry a person outside the state.

However, in 2002, the Jammu & Kashmir High Court claimed that the women who married non-permanent residents would not lose their rights.

(Inputs by Tanushree Pandey)