Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Monday wrote to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan seeking action on the contents of a book for Second-Year BSc students that has “derogatory” remarks against women.

In her letter, Chaturvedi said ‘Textbook of Sociology for Nurses’, authored by TK Indrani, lays down “merits and advantages” of the dowry system. She said one of the so-called advantages of the dowry system, as written in the book, states, “Because of the burden of dowry, many parents have started educating their girls. When the girls are educated or even employed, the demand for dowry will be less. This is an indirect advantage.”