Mulayam Rape Comment

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  Teen Gang-Raped in Front of Parents in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj, Stronghold of Mulayam Singh's Family

  A 15-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by six people in front of her parents in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district, represented in Parliament by Dimple Yadav, the wife of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

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  Mulayam Singh Yadav Must Apologize for Controversial Comment: Badaun Sisters' Family

  Family members of two sisters, who were allegedly raped and murdered in Badaun, today sought an apology from Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for saying that the case was "blown out of proportion" and it was a "cold-blooded" murder by the girls' cousins for property.

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  'Rape by 4 Men, Is it Possible?': Mulayam Singh Yadav's Shocker Sparks Outrage

  Veteran Uttar Pradesh politician Mulayam Singh Yadav, who has been in trouble in the past for appearing to defend rapists, has made another controversial statement. At a function on Tuesday, he said that many rape cases are made out to be gang-rapes but it is "not practical".

• In BJP-Ruled Madhya Pradesh, a Minister Defends Akhilesh and Mulayam

  Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Babulal Gaur, known to make headlines for all the wrong reasons, has stirred controversy by defending the Yadavs who rule neighbouring Uttar Pradesh and are currently under fire for not just failing to curb incidents of rape and brutal assaults on women in the state, but also for making the most callous comments on the ...

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  Vidya Balan, Dia Mirza find Mulayam's comment "appalling"

  Actors Vidya Balan and Dia Mirza have reacted strongly to Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's remark that the death penalty in rape cases is "unfair" as "young boys make such mistakes".

• Outrage after Abu Azmi says 'women having sex outside marriage should be hanged'

  Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi has earned widespread criticism for his controversial comments on rape, including condemnation at home from his son and daughter in law.

• Rape is not a 'mistake': Delhi braveheart's parents deplore Mulayam's shocker

  The parents of the young student who died after being gang-raped on a moving bus in Delhi in December, 2012, have condemned Uttar Pradesh politician Mulayam Singh Yadav's comment that three rape convicts sentenced to death in Mumbai "made a mistake" and did not deserve to be hanged.

• 'Comments show his regressive mindset': reactions to Mulayam's shocker on rape

  Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today created a huge controversy with his comments questioning the death sentence handed out to three men who were convicted of two gang-rapes in Mumbai last week. "Should rape cases be punished with hanging? They are boys, they make mistakes," he said today while campaigning for the national election.

• Mulayam's shocker on rape: Boys make mistakes, why hang them?

  Uttar Pradesh politician Mulayam Singh Yadav has sparked outrage with his comments questioning the death sentence handed out to three men who were convicted of two gang-rapes in Mumbai last week. "Should rape cases be punished with hanging? They are boys, they make mistakes," he said today while campaigning for the national election.

• Under fire, Mulayam retracts remarks on rape victims

  Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today did a U-turn on his comments on rape victims in Uttar Pradesh, saying he had only spoken about justice to the rape victims and not about providing government jobs to them.