This is quite novel and also embarrassing for the PM.To protest the placing of sanitary napkins under the 12% slab of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), students in Gwalior will be sending Prime Minister Narendra Modi sanitary napkins with messages on menstrual hygiene written on them.
A group of students in the city have started a campaign encouraging women to write down their views on menstrual hygiene on sanitary napkins and added that when 1,000 such napkins with messages are collected, they will be sent to the Prime Minister.
The campaign, which began on January 4, has been receiving quite a lot of support, especially through social media. “Sanitary napkins have been placed under 12% GST. Women use things during their menstrual days, which is fatal to them.