Abu Azmi in Mulayam's steps: 'Hang women who have sex outside marriage'
Mumbai: After Mulayam Singh Yadav's sexist comments on rape, the Samajwadi Party Maharashtra state chief Abu Azmi said in an interview that women who have physical relations with men (even consensual) should be given the death penalty.
Azmi made the statement in an interview with Mid-Day in response to a question on his views on Mulayam Singh Yadav's rape comments. In a shocking statement, Azmi added that even the rape victims should be punished.
Azmi said, “Rape is punishable by hanging in Islam. But here, nothing happens to women, only to men. Even the woman is guilty.”
He added, “In India, if you have sex with a person with consent, it’s fine. But if that same person complains, it’s a problem. Nowadays, we see a lot of such cases. Girls complain when someone touches them, and even when someone doesn’t touch them. It becomes a problem then, and the man’s honour is ruined in this. If rape happens with or without consent, it should be punished as prescribed in Islam.”
When asked about the solution to rape problem, Azmi said both, the woman and the man involved, should be hanged.
Meanwhile, sharing completely different views on rape, Azmi's son Farhan Azmi opposed his father, stating, “I believe a rapist should be hanged a hundred times. I have five sisters and everyone in my family believes the same.”
Farhan's wife, actress Ayesha Takia condemns her father-in-laws remarks. The actress Ayesha, who married Farhan in 2009, tweeted: if wot im reading about my father in laws statements r true then me and Farhan are deeply embarrassed n ashamed...
She also tweeted: We surely do nottt share this mindset...its disrespectful to women.if these statements r true then its sad.
Here is how the Twitterati reacted:
Congratulations Abu Azmi. You have overtaken your boss. I hereby declare you President of Nasamajhwadi Party.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) April 11, 2014Mulayam Singh Yadav and now Abu Azmi. I'm ashamed to realise they live in the same country as I and 600 million other women do.
— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) April 11, 2014Mulayam makes horrific remarks on #Rape so does Mamta..then AbuAzmi jumps in! yet it's @ArvindKejriwal who gets slapped all d time ..wah!
— Vishakha Singh (@vishakhasingh55) April 11, 2014Our nation cannot afford to be ruled by these retards #MulayamSinghYadav #AbuAzmi
— Onir (@IamOnir) April 11, 2014Mulayam Singh and Abu Azmi. Regressive, redundant and retarded thinking. ABSOLUTE SHAME ! ! ! Are they looking for votes of rapists?
— Sanjay Gupta (@_SanjayGupta) April 11, 2014At least we can object and react. I pity the people around Mr. Abu Azmi who have no choice but to tolerate such an individual.
— Nikhil Advani (@nickadvani) April 11, 2014Azam Khan, Mulayam Singh,Abu Azmi - I'd feel better if there was a political party with Alien,Predator and Mogambo instead of these guys.
— $$Jhunjhunwala/Magal (@jhunjhunwala) April 11, 2014