Abu Azmi Abu Azmi

After Naresh Agarwal, another Samajwadi Party leader, Abu Azmi has come up with a bizarre remark. Abu Azmi on Saturday equated women to gold."Women are precious like gold. If you expose them, they'll be looted," said Abu Azmi.The Samajwadi Party leader further said, "Women should not move around like men late night. They are weak, so they should think before they venture out... Women have freedom to move but only with their family."

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Speaking on the increasing rape incidents in the country, Abu Azmi said, "When villagers come to big cities they see women with lesser clothes and make-ups... that's why such incidents happen in the country."





Naresh Agarwal Naresh Agarwal

Earlier in the day, SP leader Naresh Agarwal indirectly blamed rape victims for the incidents.Naresh Agarwal on Saturday said that girls should pay special attention to their attire in view of the rising cases of crimes against the feminine gender.While justifying his statement, Agarwal said, ""I just said that laws cannot stop everything, even society will have to come forward. Despite the laws in the country, why aren't cases of murder, loot and rape stopping in the country?""The films are showing such scenes which a father and a son cannot watch together. The country should think whether we are ready to accept western culture or not. We should also discuss the drawbacks of western culture," he added.