New Delhi/Lucknow:
"No one has ever whistled at Jaya Prada even though she is beautiful," said Amar Singh with Jaya at his side.
The two former icons of the Samajwadi Party continued their axe-grinding with their former boss, Mulayam Singh Yadav, whose remarks on the Women's Bill have left members of different parties speechless. Metaphorically speaking, of course.
Mulayam said on Tuesday that the Women's Bill will send to Parliament the sort of women who catcalls and whistles are aimed at. He also said that the bill, which gives 33 per cent of the seats in Parliament and state Assemblies to women, will benefit the daughters of industrialists and senior officers.
Amar Singh claims that's rich coming from a man who, according to Singh, has often favoured "rich and good-looking" women the party over those from humble backgrounds while distributing party posts and tickets.
Jaya's comment - "This is male-chauvinism and an effort to suppress women. I am disappointed with this statement. When I was in SP, I respected Mulayamji, but after this statement, I feel happy to have left the party."
Mulayam Singh and Lalu Yadav have said the Women's Bill does not protect the interests of Dalits and women. So when it was put to vote in the Rajya Sabha, they threatened to withdraw support to the government. Without the Yadavs' 26 MPs in the Lok Sabha, the government is reduced to a single-digit majority - one of the reasons that the bill has not yet been introduced in the Lok Sabha after it was pushed through the Upper House.
"It also shows that when you have no logic or rationale in your opposition to the bill, you descend to such low levels of political discourse. Apart from that catcalling or whistling at women is considered an offence of harassment. Therefore he should apologise, he should regret his statements and withdraw them," says Brinda Karat, CPM leader.
It was the BJP whoever that pointed out that Mulayam fielded his own daughter-in-law, Dimple, as his party's candidate for the Firozabad election - one that she lost. "His own bahu may stop respecting him," says Nirmala Sitharaman, a spokesperson for the BJP.
In Mulayam's defense - oh wait, we can't find one.
The two former icons of the Samajwadi Party continued their axe-grinding with their former boss, Mulayam Singh Yadav, whose remarks on the Women's Bill have left members of different parties speechless. Metaphorically speaking, of course.
Mulayam said on Tuesday that the Women's Bill will send to Parliament the sort of women who catcalls and whistles are aimed at. He also said that the bill, which gives 33 per cent of the seats in Parliament and state Assemblies to women, will benefit the daughters of industrialists and senior officers.
Amar Singh claims that's rich coming from a man who, according to Singh, has often favoured "rich and good-looking" women the party over those from humble backgrounds while distributing party posts and tickets.
Jaya's comment - "This is male-chauvinism and an effort to suppress women. I am disappointed with this statement. When I was in SP, I respected Mulayamji, but after this statement, I feel happy to have left the party."
Mulayam Singh and Lalu Yadav have said the Women's Bill does not protect the interests of Dalits and women. So when it was put to vote in the Rajya Sabha, they threatened to withdraw support to the government. Without the Yadavs' 26 MPs in the Lok Sabha, the government is reduced to a single-digit majority - one of the reasons that the bill has not yet been introduced in the Lok Sabha after it was pushed through the Upper House.
"It also shows that when you have no logic or rationale in your opposition to the bill, you descend to such low levels of political discourse. Apart from that catcalling or whistling at women is considered an offence of harassment. Therefore he should apologise, he should regret his statements and withdraw them," says Brinda Karat, CPM leader.
It was the BJP whoever that pointed out that Mulayam fielded his own daughter-in-law, Dimple, as his party's candidate for the Firozabad election - one that she lost. "His own bahu may stop respecting him," says Nirmala Sitharaman, a spokesperson for the BJP.
In Mulayam's defense - oh wait, we can't find one.
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