New Delhi, March 25: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday refused to tender an apology over his offensive remarks against women despite facing flak from several quarters.
An unrepentant SP leader today said that he has no qualms over what he said as he stands firm on his statement.
“I have deliberately made the whistle remark and I have done nothing wrong. I wanted a debate to start on this issue (Women’s Quota Bill). Don’t assume that it was a slip of tongue,” Mulayam said while addressing his supporters.
Political parties across spectrum have condemned Mulayam for resorting to a “low level” of politics in view of his stiff opposing to the Women’s Reservation Bill.
The controversy began when SP chief, while addressing party workers at a function to mark Ram Manohar Lohia’s birth centenary in Lucknow, said, “I don’t like to say this, but they (those elected due to women’s quota) would be the women at whom youths would whistle.”
-Agencies