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Netizens slam Sudha Murthy push for cervical cancer vaccine; yet WHO recommends it

Newly-nominated MP Sudha Murthy created a stir when she batted for giving cervical cancer vaccine for girls between 9 and 14 years and called for a government-sponsored vaccination programme, in her maiden speech in Rajya Sabha. Madhu Kishwar, academic and professor in the Indian Council of Social Science Research, said that she was "outraged" to see "Murthy peddling the HPV vaccine for girls", terming it another "Ravan in the guise of Sadhu".