Freedom of Speech... Or is it?
Indian Politicians and the respect they have for women.
"Mamata is decorating her house with rape victims." - CPM leader Anisur Rehman
"Those who claim to be students - I can see many beautiful women among them - highly dented-painted (sic) - they're giving interviews on TV, they've brought their children to show them the scenes." - Congress MP Abhijit Mukherjee
"Delhi's burgeoning population trend is further exacerbated by the continuous and unbridled influx of people from all over the country". - Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit
"Have you ever heard of a Rs 50 crore girlfriend?" - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi
"Kal tak paiso ke liye TV par thumke lagati thi. Aaj chunavi vishleshak ban gayi" - Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam about BJP's Smriti Irani
"Rapes happening because men and women are interacting more freely". - West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
"From which bhatar (Bengali slang for a prostitute's client) did she get Rs 24 crore to fund the Trinamool Congress's poll expenses?"- CPM (M) MP Anil Basu
'Jaise jaise samay beet-ta hai patni purani hoti jati hai, woh maja nahi reh jata hai." - Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal
"Only 'parkati mahilayen' would benefit from reservation". - Sharad Yadav
"Just because India achieved freedom at midnight does not mean that women can venture out after dark". - Andhra Pradesh Congress chief Botsa Satyanarayana
"One of the reasons behind the increase in incidents of eve-teasing is short dresses and short skirts worn by women. This in turn instigates young men." - Trinamool Congress legislator Chiranjeet Chakraborty
"I don't feel any hesitation in saying that 90 per cent of the girls want to have sex intentionally but they don't know that they would be gang raped further as they find some lusty and pervasive people in the way ahead." - Haryana Congress spokesperson Dharambir Goyat
'I think that girls should be married at the age of 16, so that they have their husbands for their sexual needs, and they don't need to go elsewhere. This way rapes will not occur'. - Haryana Khap Panchayat member Sube Singh
Poverty and intoxication are the main reasons for rape as well as young people sitting together the wrong way. But also eating chowmein causes a hormonal imbalance which is a big reason for rapes." - Khap leader Jitender Chhataar
"There is no need to give phones to women and children. It distracts them and is useless. Why do women need phones? My mother, wife and sister never had mobile phones. They survived without one". - BSP leader Rajpal Saini
"If you're referring to the Park Street rape, see that is a different case altogether that was not at all a rape case. It was a misunderstanding between the two parties involved between a lady and her client. This was not a rape." - Trinamool Congress leader Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar
"International love guru Shashi Tharoor should get love affairs ministry." - BJP spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
"Mamata is decorating her house with rape victims." - CPM leader Anisur Rehman
"Those who claim to be students - I can see many beautiful women among them - highly dented-painted (sic) - they're giving interviews on TV, they've brought their children to show them the scenes." - Congress MP Abhijit Mukherjee
"Delhi's burgeoning population trend is further exacerbated by the continuous and unbridled influx of people from all over the country". - Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit
"Have you ever heard of a Rs 50 crore girlfriend?" - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi
"Kal tak paiso ke liye TV par thumke lagati thi. Aaj chunavi vishleshak ban gayi" - Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam about BJP's Smriti Irani
"Rapes happening because men and women are interacting more freely". - West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
"From which bhatar (Bengali slang for a prostitute's client) did she get Rs 24 crore to fund the Trinamool Congress's poll expenses?"- CPM (M) MP Anil Basu
'Jaise jaise samay beet-ta hai patni purani hoti jati hai, woh maja nahi reh jata hai." - Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal
"Only 'parkati mahilayen' would benefit from reservation". - Sharad Yadav
"Just because India achieved freedom at midnight does not mean that women can venture out after dark". - Andhra Pradesh Congress chief Botsa Satyanarayana
"One of the reasons behind the increase in incidents of eve-teasing is short dresses and short skirts worn by women. This in turn instigates young men." - Trinamool Congress legislator Chiranjeet Chakraborty
"I don't feel any hesitation in saying that 90 per cent of the girls want to have sex intentionally but they don't know that they would be gang raped further as they find some lusty and pervasive people in the way ahead." - Haryana Congress spokesperson Dharambir Goyat
'I think that girls should be married at the age of 16, so that they have their husbands for their sexual needs, and they don't need to go elsewhere. This way rapes will not occur'. - Haryana Khap Panchayat member Sube Singh
Poverty and intoxication are the main reasons for rape as well as young people sitting together the wrong way. But also eating chowmein causes a hormonal imbalance which is a big reason for rapes." - Khap leader Jitender Chhataar
"There is no need to give phones to women and children. It distracts them and is useless. Why do women need phones? My mother, wife and sister never had mobile phones. They survived without one". - BSP leader Rajpal Saini
"If you're referring to the Park Street rape, see that is a different case altogether that was not at all a rape case. It was a misunderstanding between the two parties involved between a lady and her client. This was not a rape." - Trinamool Congress leader Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar
"International love guru Shashi Tharoor should get love affairs ministry." - BJP spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi