Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, had hosted the 13th Mr Junior Bodybuilding Competition, which turned into a slug fest between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party  (BJP). The controversy has been simmering since the March 4 and 5 contest held at the Vidhayak Sabhagrah. The organising committee included the city’s BJP mayor Prahlad Patel, while the patron was legislator Chaitanya Kashyap.

A row erupted as women bodybuilders in bikinis, as that is the attire women bodybuilders have to wear, posed on stage while there was an image of Lord Hanuman in the background. Clips went viral on social media. The Congress carried out a ‘purification’ at the site as they claimed  bodybuilders in bikinis posing in front of the Lord’s image was an insult to Hindu dharma and disrespectful to Lord Bajrangbali. The BJP hit back stating that Congress has a dirty mindset and cannot bear to see women compete in sport.