cherlapalli_jailer Posted December 27, 2012 Report Posted December 27, 2012 [size=4][b][color=#000000][font=arial]Abhijit Mukherjee ( AM) son of [/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial]Pranab Mukheree(PM)[/font][/color][/b][/size] [size=4][b][color=#000000][font=arial]Created big mess [/font][/color][/b][/size] [size=4][color=#000000][font=arial]Protestors highly painted beautiful women[/font][/color][b]:[/b][color=#000000][font=arial] President Pranab Mukheree's son Abhijit Mukherjee who is a Congress Lok Sabha MP from his father's seat, Jangipur, has put both his feet right inside his mouth with his remarks on the anti-rape protestors in Delhi. [/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial]Speaking to the Bengali news channel ABP news, Mukherjee said, "What is happening in Delhi is like a Pink Revolution. The people who are on the streets have no idea of what the ground reality is. Walking on the roads of India with candles, going to discotheques...[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial]"We have also been students, we have also led the life of students. We know what the character of students should be. [/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial]"Those who are on the streets saying they are students, are beautiful women "highly dented and painted", those giving interviews on TV, as if they are there to show off to their children etc. Are they really students, I have my doubts. Because women of that age are not students, generally." [/font][/color][/size]
cherlapalli_jailer Posted December 27, 2012 Author Report Posted December 27, 2012 [size=4]public out cry on AM[/size] [size=4][color=#000000][font=arial]Shiv Aroor: Dear Abhijeet Mukherjee, WTF does 'dented' mean? Please clarify and give the soundbite again. Sincerely. [/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial]Suhel Seth: Pranab Mukherjee should hide his son in one of the many rooms in Rashtrpati Bhavan. He is capable of collateral damage![/font][/color][/size]
cherlapalli_jailer Posted December 27, 2012 Author Report Posted December 27, 2012 [size=4][color=#000000][font=arial]Abhijeet Mukheree made it worse for himself by telling Sagarika Ghose that "professional people wear make-up and go to work and students don't wear make-up." That's a member of Parliament from West Bengal's Jangipur, who also happens to be President Pranab Mukherjee's son. [/font][/color][/size]
cherlapalli_jailer Posted December 27, 2012 Author Report Posted December 27, 2012 [size=5][color=#000000][font=arial]MP Abhijeet Mukherjee withdraws the statement 'dented, painted women', but refuses to apologise for his remarks. [/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial]And yes, he still hasn't explained what exactly 'dented' means. [/font][/color][/size]
cherlapalli_jailer Posted December 27, 2012 Author Report Posted December 27, 2012 [size=4][color=#000000][font=arial][b] President daughter:[/b] [/font][/color][/size] [size=4][color=#000000][font=arial]Abhijeet's statement shocking![/font][/color][b]:[/b][color=#000000][font=arial] Sharmishtha Mukherjee, President Pranab Mukherjee's daughter, speaking to CNN IBN, says she is shocked at what Abhijeet said. "Any sensitive man should not have made this statement. It shows a shocking degree of of insensitivity. My father would be so embarrassed; I haven't spoken to him about this, but I know my father. I know I am embarrassed and shocked. I can hardly believe he made such a statement. [/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial]"Whether my father is the president or not, he has a daughter and he would be disappointed like I am. I humbly apologise on his behalf. Abhijeet should unconditionally apologise."[/font][/color][/size]
cherlapalli_jailer Posted December 27, 2012 Author Report Posted December 27, 2012 [size=4][color=#000000][font=arial]Outrage on Twitter: [/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial]Shashi Shekhar: This Abhijit Mukherjee is unfit to hold public office. It is a reflection on the casual manner in which the Congress perpetuates dynasties.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial]Overrated Outcast: Abhijit Mukherjee might have been a student once upon a time but it doesn't seem like he got an education.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial]Madhu Menon: you, non-student women with makeup, who are you to protest? - Abhijit Mukherjee, President's son (paraphrased)[/font][/color][/size]
cherlapalli_jailer Posted December 27, 2012 Author Report Posted December 27, 2012 [size=5][color=#000000][font=arial] Painted I can understand, but what on earth is a dented woman?[/font][/color][/size]
cherlapalli_jailer Posted December 27, 2012 Author Report Posted December 27, 2012 [size=4][color=#000000][font=arial]witter outrage over Abhijeet Mukherjee's remarks[/font][/color][b]:[/b][color=#000000][font=arial] [/font][/color][b]Farhan Akhtar:[/b][color=#000000][font=arial] U cant blame the President for his sons comment but I think as his parents, they should ground him and start home-schooling him again.[/font][/color] [b]Pritish Nandy:[/b][color=#000000][font=arial] Abhijit Mukherjee, the President's son, should be severely spanked! What an ass, man, what an ass! [/font][/color] [b]Pritish Nandy:[/b][color=#000000][font=arial] Thank God, the President of India also has a daughter Sharmistha who speaks sense! She is embarrassed by her brother's comments.[/font][/color][/size]
cherlapalli_jailer Posted December 27, 2012 Author Report Posted December 27, 2012 [b][size=5]Finally[/size][/b] [color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3] [size=4][font="Arial"]Abhijit Mukherjee, son of President Pranab Mukherjee , said he was willing to resign for his remarks if the party wants him to do so. Abhijit Mukherjee'scame under attack after he made a controversial sexiest remark.[/font][/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3] [size=4][font="Arial"]"If quitting would help the party I am willing to step down," Abhijit Mukherjee told [i]CNN-IBN[/i].[/font][/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3] [size=4][font="Arial"]Mukherjee, who had come under immense fire for his controversial remarks against women protesters in Delhi accepted to [i]CNN-IBN[/i] that his remarks have generated a "huge controversy" and that he now intends to "withdraw his remarks completely."[/font][/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3] [size=4][font="Arial"]President's son also said it was not appropriate to bring in President's office into the entire controversy and added that his remarks had generated a lot of controversy which resulted in hurting his father and sister.[/font][/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3] [size=4][font="Arial"]"My father and sister have been hurt and I apologise to both of them," Abhijit Mukherjee told [i]CNN-IBN[/i].[/font][/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3] [size=4][font="Arial"]"I have no right to hurt others and neither others have the right to drag my father's (President) office into the controversy," Abhijit Mukherjee added.[/font][/size][/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3] [size=4][font="Arial"]Mukherjee said it is for the women to decide what they want to wear and it is the responsibility of the government to protect its citizens, including women.[/font][/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3] [size=4][font="Arial"]An MP from Jangipur constituency in West Bengal , Abhijit Mukherjee courted controversy today when he said the recent protests in the capital over the gang-rape of a 23-year-old in a moving bus did not appear to involve students and ladies coming out to protest are 'highly dented and painted'.[/font][/size][/size][/font][/color]
cherlapalli_jailer Posted December 28, 2012 Author Report Posted December 28, 2012 [size=4][color=#000000][font=arial]Cong won't take action against 'dented painted' Abhijeet[/font][/color][b]:[/b][color=#000000][font=arial] Congress MP Abhijit Mukherjee had apologised for his remark that women protesting against rape were "dented-painted" and there was no scope for action against him, the party said on Friday.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial]"He has realised it himself and apologised. Where is the scope for action," Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi told reporters.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial]The controversy had erupted Thursday after Mukherjee, the son of President Pranab Mukherjee and a Congress MP from Jangipur in West Bengal, was quoted as telling a TV channel on Christmas: "Those who claim to be students - I can see many beautiful women among them, they were highly dented-painted - they're giving interviews on TV, they've brought their children to show them the scenes." He later issued an "unconditional apology.[/font][/color][/size]
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