UNBELIEVABLE: You will be shocked to read what our politicians have to say about women!

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has courted controversy once again for making derogatory remarks against women. Mulaym on Thursday opposed the new anti-rape law and said that his party would change the law that entails death for rape. Addressing a rally in Moradabad, Mulayam said, "rape accused should not be hanged. Men make mistakes."The SP chief further said he will support provision for legal action against those who misuse the rape act. But, this is not the first time Mulayam or any political leader has made such a remark against women.

After Mulayam Singh Yadav raking up controversy, Maharashtra Samajwadi Party Chief Abu Azmi has come up with a statement saying irrespective of consent any woman having sex with a man should be hanged. He also claimed that such females only deserve death penalty as per a report published (along with audio conversation) in Mid-Day.

Mamata Banerjee Trinamool Congress’s 'didi' has always been in the news for making similar controversial comments. "Are all women in the state being raped?", she asked at a public rally on June 23, 2013, reacting to media reports on rising crimes against women in West Bengal. She alleged that the channels are operating hand in gloves with Left parties, thereby disrespecting the 'soil of Bengal'.

TMC candidate and celluloid superstar Dev, in a newspaper interview, gone and compared the whole experience of campaigning and all the media attention to being raped. In the interview to a Bengali newspaper that appeared on Monday, the third question Dev was asked was about the media attention he was getting because of his candidature for Trinamool. He was asked the question, "Are you enjoying it?" "Enjoy?" he says. "It's just like being raped. You can shout or you can enjoy it."

Sharad Yadav During the discussion on anti-rape bill in parliament, Sharad Yadav of the JD(U) was of the opinion that stalking women is what comes naturally to Indian men. “Everyone has stalked women at some point in their lives.... Stalking is a norm in the country,” he said. JDU leader Sharad Yadav opposing the Women’s Bill, said that the bill would only benefit the well-off in the cities, describing well-off women as, ‘‘par kati auratein’ (women with short hair)

Lalu Prasad Yadav During the discussion on anti-rape bill in parliament, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said the bill aimed to criminalise ordinary Indian men. “The bill is not against the average Road Romeo, it is against the habitual ghume wala... The Sun Temple in Konark is full of sculptures of naked women and men. Khajuraho is full of such images. What will you do about them? Cover them up all?” Even women MPs like the BJP’s Sumitra Mahajan and Saroj Pandey blamed Western culture, TV programmes, films and advertisements depicting skimpily-dressed women for increasing rape incidents.

During protest against Delhi gang-rape, Congress leader and president’s son Abhijit Mukherjee said: "dented-painted women protesters in Delhi went to discotheques and then turned up at India Gate to express outrage.’

Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam to BJP MP Smriti Irani: It's only four days of your entry into politics and you have become a political analyst. AAP toh TV pe thumke lagati thi, aaj chunavi vishleshak ban gayi (you were shaking your hips on Tv, and now you have become a psephologist).’’

Earlier, Sriprakash Jaiswal had commented after India's win over Pakistan in T20 championship: "“As time passes, the joy of the victory fades, just like a wife becomes old and loses her charm.

Sushil Kumar Shinde during a debate on ethnic violence in Assam in the Rajya Sabha, told SP MP, Jaya Bachchan, "Listen carefully sister, this is a serious matter. This is not a filmy subject."