Actress Kasthuri who was arrested by Chennai Police special team on Saturday for allegedly passing derogatory comments against the Telugu-speaking community has been sent for judicial custody till November 29.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined a plea of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti seeking transfer from Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur to Delhi, of a case filed against him for allegedly making derogatory remarks on the condition of hospitals and schools in the Uttar Pradesh, to Delhi.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar strongly condemned undignified remarks made against female leaders during the election campaign, sources in the Chief Electoral Office of Maharashtra told ANI on Friday.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former union minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the INDI alliance, saying that their party leaders have constantly made derogatory remarks against women.
Following an FIR lodged against Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sunil Raut for an alleged derogatory statement about a female candidate, NCP leader Praful Patel called for greater respect for women, emphasizing on Maharashtra government's Ladli Behen Yojana.
Shiv Sena leader Shaina NC thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said, PM kept respect for women and raised his voice for it and slammed Maha Vikas Aghadi fraction for allegedly being silent on a derogatory remark made by Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant against her (Shaina NC).
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anil Desai came out in support of fellow leader Arvind Sawant over his 'imported maal' remark on Shiv Sena's Shaina NC, saying "he had no intention of insulting women."
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar also condemned Sawant's "imported maal" remarks against Shaina NC saying that derogatory comments against women have no place in our society.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday condemned Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Arvind Sawant's "imported maal" remarks against Shiv Sena leader Shaina NC saying that derogatory comments against women have no place in our society.
Bharatiya Janata Party's National Spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain on Friday condemned the derogatory remarks of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Arvind Sawant on Shiv Sena's Shaina NC.
"You cannot respect a woman. You use such words for a capable woman who is in politics. Now you will be 'behaal' because you called the woman 'maal'. Whether I take action or not, the public will make him 'behaal'", she said.
"I will not forgive him. The way he made a comment against me, does he not know who I am, whose wife I am and which house I belong to?" Sita Soren said.