Jadavpur University professor who compared virgin women to sealed bottles barred from teaching

Kanak Chandra Sarkar has refused to apologise and retract his misogynistic statement, pointing out that the Constitution guarantees him freedom of expression.

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· Jan 16, 2019 · 05:41 pm

Kolkata: Jadavpur University students demand expulsion of professor who made misogynistic remarks

Vice Chancellor Suranjan Das condemned Kanak Chandra Sarkar’s comments and said action will be taken against him after following due process.

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· Jan 15, 2019 · 05:44 pm

West Bengal: Jadavpur University professor compares virgin girls to ‘sealed bottles’

Kanak Chandra Sarkar deleted the Facebook post but continued to defend it, citing the freedom of expression.

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· Jan 14, 2019 · 02:45 pm

NCW sends notice to Rahul Gandhi for ‘misogynistic, offensive’ remarks against Nirmala Sitharaman

The Congress president drew flak on Wednesday when he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked ‘a woman to defend him’ on the Rafale debate in Parliament.

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· Jan 10, 2019 · 12:51 pm

Rahul Gandhi draws flak for saying Modi asked ‘a woman to defend him’ during Rafale debate

Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah demanded that the Congress president apologise for his sexist remark.

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· Jan 09, 2019 · 08:43 pm

Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA claims he is ready to bomb people who feel they are unsafe in India

Vikram Saini also said a law should be passed to punish those who feel insecure in the country.

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· Jan 04, 2019 · 11:38 am

Purvanchal University VC claims media distorted comment on murder, he was only ‘motivating students’

‘I meant to say students should become brave and self-reliant,’ Raja Ram Yadav said after a video of his speech went viral.

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· Dec 31, 2018 · 11:57 am

‘Commit murder if you get into a fight,’ Purvanchal University VC allegedly tells students

A video of the remarks, which Raja Ram Yadav allegedly made at an event in a college in Ghazipur on December 28, went viral on social media.

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· Dec 30, 2018 · 03:33 pm

Gujarat CM says Congress is celebrating election victory like a family that had a son after years

Vijay Rupani made the remark while addressing the national convention of the BJP’s women’s wing in Adalaj.

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· Dec 22, 2018 · 01:22 pm

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s remarks on rape complaints attract criticism

Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said the chief minister’s comments exposed his government’s ‘anti-women’ mindset.

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· Nov 18, 2018 · 10:53 am

SC must take cognisance of Amit Shah’s statement against court judgements, say Mayawati, Kejriwal

On Saturday, Shah had said that courts should not make ‘impractical decisions’ and must instead pass orders that governments can implement.

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· Oct 28, 2018 · 07:15 pm

‘Modi is like a scorpion sitting on a shivling’: Shashi Tharoor triggers row by citing 2012 article

Tharoor used the metaphor to explain that Modi’s ‘personality cult’ has not sat very well with many people in the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh.

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· Oct 28, 2018 · 05:12 pm