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"Those who made money using illegal ways, borrowed money and consumed alcohol have defamed the farmer community.”

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· Feb 18, 2017 · 02:00 pm
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What is worse, the predominantly male audience usually laps it up.

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· Feb 15, 2017 · 10:00 am
As Rahul Gandhi makes yet another discordant remark, Congress workers are increasingly frustrated

The Congress scion's suggestion that Narendra Modi is a 'khoon ki dalali' gives party workers the sense that he has failed to learn leadership lessons.

Anita Katyal
· Oct 08, 2016 · 07:15 am

Congress sacks content editor of journal that criticised Jawaharlal Nehru

Multiple articles were published criticising the former prime minister’s policies, while it also called Sonia Gandhi’s father Stefano Maino a fascist soldier.

Scroll Staff
· Dec 28, 2015 · 04:20 pm
Seven ridiculous statements which prove that India's political class is sexist to the core

Sharad Yadav’s anti-women comments in Parliament on Thursday were only the latest in a series of misogynistic remarks by the nation's leaders.

Scroll Staff
· Mar 14, 2015 · 12:03 pm
Can't an old man like me admire a beautiful woman?: Justice Katju defends his sexist remarks

Former Supreme Court judge gets hell for saying new BJP member Shaziya Ilmi would be a better chief ministerial candidate than Kiran Bedi because she is 'much more beautiful'.

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· Jan 31, 2015 · 01:49 am

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Foot In Mouth

'Subsidy-lickers': BJP MLA from Madhya Pradesh says honest farmers don't commit suicide

"Those who made money using illegal ways, borrowed money and consumed alcohol have defamed the farmer community.”

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As Rahul Gandhi makes yet another discordant remark, Congress workers are increasingly frustrated

The Congress scion's suggestion that Narendra Modi is a 'khoon ki dalali' gives party workers the sense that he has failed to learn leadership lessons.

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