Akhilesh Yadav downplays Azam Khan row, Aparna Yadav slams SP neta
Apr 16, 2019, 06:22 IST
Akhilesh Yadav BAREILLY/ LUCKNOW: A day after senior Samajwadi Party leader and SP’s Rampur nominee Azam Khan made derogatory remarks on actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada’s clothing, SP chief and former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav defended the former minister.
Claiming that the media had deliberately distorted facts, Akhilesh said in Moradabad on Monday, “These TV journalists sometimes don’t favour us. Khan’s remark related to clothing was for some other person. We, the Samajwadi followers, never comment on women and girls.”
While Akhilesh Yadav tried to downplay the controversy, party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav’s chhoti bahu Aparna Yadav came out strongly against Azam and even sought strict action against any such attack on women, irrespective of their political standing.
“Azam Khan is a senior and seasoned politician and I respect him a lot. But whatever he said was uncalled for and disrespectful to anyone, be it a political rival or a competitor in elections,” Aparna told TOI.
She said such comments were unacceptable for anyone, be it a woman or a man. “I don’t know why he said it and what prompted him to use such words,” Aparna, who had contested the 2017 assembly polls on SP ticket, said, adding that equally shocking was the response of the people whom Khan was addressing.
Claiming that the media had deliberately distorted facts, Akhilesh said in Moradabad on Monday, “These TV journalists sometimes don’t favour us. Khan’s remark related to clothing was for some other person. We, the Samajwadi followers, never comment on women and girls.”
While Akhilesh Yadav tried to downplay the controversy, party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav’s chhoti bahu Aparna Yadav came out strongly against Azam and even sought strict action against any such attack on women, irrespective of their political standing.
“Azam Khan is a senior and seasoned politician and I respect him a lot. But whatever he said was uncalled for and disrespectful to anyone, be it a political rival or a competitor in elections,” Aparna told TOI.
She said such comments were unacceptable for anyone, be it a woman or a man. “I don’t know why he said it and what prompted him to use such words,” Aparna, who had contested the 2017 assembly polls on SP ticket, said, adding that equally shocking was the response of the people whom Khan was addressing.
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