Yearender 2021: 15 most controversial statements of the year

From remarks on rape to coronavirus being called a living organism heres a look at some of the most bizzare statements made this year1 Karnataka Congress leader Ramesh Kumara while interacting with an MLA in state assemblyldquoIf you canrsquot prevent rape you should lie down and enjoy itrdquo2 Former Uttarakhand chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat referring to womenrsquos ripped jeansldquoGhutney fatey dikhte hain samaj ke beech me jaati ho bachche sath me hain kya sankar dogi what values will you inculcate in your child when you go in society wearing clothes through which the knees peep outrdquo3 Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on coronavirusldquoIf you look at it from a philosophical angle the coronavirus is also a living organism and has the right to live But we humans only think of ourselves and are trying to eliminate itrdquo4 Yoga guru Ramdev on allopathy before he apologised for the statementldquoAllopathy is a stupid lame sciencehellip we have lost lakhs of people coronavirus patients due to failed allopathic medicinesrdquo5 Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on the Mysuru gangrapeldquoThe area was deserted the couple should not have visitedrdquo6 Hindu religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj on supposed call for Hindu RashtraI hail Nathuram Godse for killing Gandhi7 BJP MP Pragya Thakur on azaanldquoPeople forcefully use loudspeakers but will not listen to the prayers of other religions Since 5am everyones sleep is disturbed Patients get high blood pressure some patients spend sleepless nights and in the early hours when they feel sleepy then the sounds come and sleep is disruptedrdquo8 Assam Chief Minister then health minister Himanta Biswas Sarma during the second waveldquoPeople of Assam need not wear masks as the pandemic is overrdquo9 MoS for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar in a written reply in Lok Sabha on deaths due to oxygen shortageldquoNo deaths due to lack of oxygen were specifically reported by states and UTs during the second wave of coronavirusrdquo10 Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on farmer deaths during the agitationldquoThere is no data on deaths of farmers during protests so the question of compensation does not ariserdquo11 West Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Chief Minister Mamata BanerjeeldquoThe CM wants to show her plastered leg to everyone Why doesnt she just wear a pair of Bermudas instead of draping a saree I have never seen anyone drape a saree like thatrdquo12 Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad MauryaldquoHow many lungiclad goons used to roam around in here Who in skullcaps would be scaring and threatening businessmen brandishing guns Who used to encroach upon your land and threaten you to not go to police Remember all this thats all Id like to sayrdquo13 Cricketer Dinesh Karthik while commentating during a matchldquoBatsmen and not liking bats go hand in hand Most batters dont seem to like their bats They either like another persons bat or Bats are like a neighbours wife they always feel betterrdquo14 Kangana Ranaut while speaking at an eventldquoWhat we got in 1947 was bheekh alms India got real freedom in 2014rdquo15 Kangana Ranaut on West Bengal electionsldquoThis is horrible We need super gundai to kill gundai She is like an unleashed monster to tame her Modiji please show your Virat roop from early 2000srdquo