New Delhi:
With the announcement of the dates of Delhi Assembly elections, the election season has started in the capital. There is said to be a tough contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party in this election. Voting is to be held in Delhi on 5th February while the results will come on 8th February. The political temperature has already started rising in the capital regarding the upcoming elections. BJP and AAP are attacking each other fiercely. Amidst election preparations, statements of leaders are also making headlines. Recently, the statement given by BJP candidate from Kalkaji Ramesh Bidhuri regarding the current Chief Minister of Delhi Atishi was also criticized. Let us tell you that this was not the first and last statement given against any woman or any female leader in politics. Today we are going to tell you about some such controversial statements.
Mulayam Singh Yadav’s comment on rape creates ruckus
The year was 2014, the election campaign was in full swing in the country. During this time, the then president of Samajwadi Party, Mulayam Singh Yadav, while addressing a rally, had given a controversial statement on the rape of girls. At that time, while opposing the provision of death penalty for rape, he had said that girls make friends first. There are differences of opinion between boys and girls. After differences of opinion, they call it rape. Boys make mistakes. Will there be death penalty in rape case? How right would this be?
Digvijay Singh’s controversial statement on Meenakshi Natarajan
This is from 2013, during that time Digvijay Singh was the General Secretary of Congress. The case is of Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh, where while addressing a public meeting, he made a comment of 100 tons of goods on the MP of the area, Meenakshi Natarajan. In a public meeting in Mandsaur, Digvijay Singh described himself as an old jeweler of politics and said that I know who is fake and who is right. There was a huge uproar after this statement of Digvijay Singh.
Gopal Shetty had made controversial remarks on Urmila Matondkar
This incident happened in 2019 when BJP candidate Gopal Shetty made a controversial comment on Urmila Matondkar during the Lok Sabha election campaign. During that time, Gopal Shetty had targeted Urmila and said that since she is a celebrity, she has been brought only after looking at her face, there is no reason for anyone to feel bad about her. She comes from a political family, she knows politics but the party she has chosen is bad.
Former Chief Minister of Goa had given controversial statement regarding nurses
The then Chief Minister of Goa, Laxmikant Parsekar had given a controversial statement regarding nurses. This is from 2015. During that time when the nurses were protesting regarding their demands. Meanwhile, Parsekar had said that the nurses who are protesting in the sun will face problems in their marriage.
When Sheila Dikshit said that women should not have too many adventures
In 2008, controversy had arisen due to the statement of then Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit regarding the murder of young TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan. Actually, Sheila Dikshit had said in her statement that she is extremely saddened by the murder of Soumya but it is not good for women to show too much courage at night. He had said that people should not be so adventurous.
