Public figures and political leaders often make unsavoury comments, landing them in a controversy. This year was no different as it saw quite a few of them make news for their absurd remarks. Here we list down 15 statements that created a stir.
Yoga guru Ramdev (L), Actress Kangana Ranaut (R). Images/Official social media accounts, File
From remarks on rape to coronavirus being called a living organism, here's a look at some of the most bizzare statements made this year.
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1. Karnataka Congress leader Ramesh Kumara, while interacting with an MLA in state assembly
“If you can’t prevent rape, you should lie down and enjoy it.”
2. Former Uttarakhand chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat, referring to women’s ripped jeans
“Ghutney fatey dikhte hain, samaj ke beech me jaati ho, bachche sath me hain, kya sankar dogi (what values will you inculcate in your child when you go in society wearing clothes through which the knees peep out?”
3. Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on coronavirus
“If you look at it from a philosophical angle, the coronavirus is also a living organism and has the right to live. But we (humans) only think of ourselves and are trying to eliminate it.”
4. Yoga guru Ramdev on allopathy, before he apologised for the statement
“Allopathy is a stupid, lame science… we have lost lakhs of people (coronavirus patients) due to failed allopathic medicines.”
5. Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on the Mysuru gang-rape
“The area was deserted the couple should not have visited.”
6. Hindu religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj on supposed call for Hindu Rashtra
"I hail Nathuram Godse for killing Gandhi."
7. BJP MP Pragya Thakur on azaan
“People forcefully use loudspeakers, but will not listen to the prayers of other religions. Since 5am, everyone's sleep is disturbed. Patients get high blood pressure, some patients spend sleepless nights and in the early hours, when they feel sleepy, then the sounds come and sleep is disrupted.”
8. Assam Chief Minister (then health minister) Himanta Biswas Sarma during the second wave
“People of Assam need not wear masks as the pandemic is over.”
9. MoS for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar in a written reply in Lok Sabha on deaths due to oxygen shortage
“No deaths due to lack of oxygen were specifically reported by states and UTs during the second wave of coronavirus.”
10. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on farmer deaths during the agitation
“There is no data on deaths of farmers during protests, so the question of compensation does not arise.”
11. West Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
“The CM wants to show her plastered leg to everyone. Why doesn't she just wear a pair of Bermudas, instead of draping a saree? I have never seen anyone drape a saree like that.”
12. Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya
“How many lungi-clad goons used to roam around in here? Who in skull-caps would be scaring and threatening businessmen brandishing guns? Who used to encroach upon your land and threaten you to not go to police? Remember all this, that's all I'd like to say.”
13. Cricketer Dinesh Karthik while commentating during a match
“Batsmen and not liking bats go hand in hand. Most batters don't seem to like their bats. They either like another person's bat, or... Bats are like a neighbour's wife; they always feel better.”
14. Kangana Ranaut while speaking at an event
“What we got in 1947 was bheekh (alms). India got real freedom in 2014.”
15. Kangana Ranaut on West Bengal elections
“This is horrible. We need super gundai to kill gundai. She is like an unleashed monster, to tame her Modiji please show your Virat roop from early 2000s.”
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