Lok Sabha: Azam Khan apologises for sexist remark about BJP’s Rama Devi

Speaker Om Birla accepted the apology while warning the Samajwadi Party MP against making such statements in the future.

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· Jul 29, 2019 · 12:00 pm

‘When a mother kisses son, is it sex?’ Jitan Ram Manjhi defends Azam Khan’s sexist remarks

The former Bihar chief minister said that Khan’s statement was misinterpreted and that he should apologise but not resign.

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· Jul 28, 2019 · 06:54 pm

‘An apology won’t do, I will seek strict punishment for Azam Khan’: BJP MP Rama Devi to NDTV

Devi said she would have forgiven Khan if he had apologised on the same day when he made sexist remarks about her.

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· Jul 27, 2019 · 05:06 pm

Speaker to ask Azam Khan to apologise for sexist remarks after several MPs call for strict action

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla met floor leaders of all political parties and decided that Khan should either apologise or face action.

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· Jul 26, 2019 · 02:34 pm

West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee makes sexist remark at meeting with protesting schoolteachers

Chaterjee on Thursday said he was terrified since so many women teachers were suffering from ‘stree rog [gynaecological problems]’.

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· Jul 26, 2019 · 01:55 pm

Lok Sabha: Azam Khan makes sexist remark about BJP MP Rama Devi as she chairs proceedings

When Rama Devi ordered the remarks to be expunged, Khan claimed he respected her and said she was like a sister to him.

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· Jul 25, 2019 · 05:45 pm

Video: Women are 'less intelligent, must earn less,' says right-wing Polish lawmaker

The misogynistic rant drew a sharp rebuttal from a Spanish politician.

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· Mar 05, 2017 · 01:00 pm

Sharad Yadav unapologetic for sexist remarks, says he welcomes notice from women’s commission

People should be ‘concerned about voting’ the same way they care for a girl’s life and future, the JD(U) leader said.

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· Jan 26, 2017 · 12:01 pm

Venkaiah Naidu says BJP condemns Vinay Katiyar for sexist comment about Priyanka Gandhi

The Union minister also criticised JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav for saying a vote’s honour was more important than a woman’s, during an election rally.

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· Jan 25, 2017 · 07:09 pm

Priyanka Gandhi laughs at Vinay Katiyar’s sexist remarks, says it ‘exposes BJP’s mindset’

The legislator had said ‘there are star campaigners much prettier than her’.

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· Jan 25, 2017 · 01:09 pm

BJP MLA OP Sharma suspended from Delhi Assembly for Winter session

He has not extended an apology so far for using derogatory language against AAP legislator Alka Lamba, saying he was merely defending himself from her baseless charges.

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· Nov 26, 2015 · 03:11 pm

If the word 'mankind' includes everyone, surely 'womankind' could also be so used?

The same people who claim that language does not matter baulk at the possibility of using 'chairwoman' and 'she' to refer to all people.

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· Sep 07, 2015 · 04:30 pm