INDIA SUMMARIZED

Barabanki/Lucknow:   Samajwadi Party supremo   Mulayam Singh Yadav   kicked up a row with his remark that rural women will not benefit from the Women Reservation Bill because they are not as attractive as those from the affluent class. Mulayam, whose party is in power in Uttar Pradesh and is an outside supporter of UPA government, made the comment while articulating his opposition to the long pending Women Reservation Bill. “Bade bade gharon ki ladkiya aur mahilayan kewal upar ja sakti hain…yaad rakhna…apko mauka nahi milega..hamare gaon ki mahila me akarshan itna nahin… ,”(Only girls and women from affluent class can go forward…remember this..you (rural women) will not get a chance…Our rural women did not have that much attraction),” he said at a rally in Barabanki yesterday. Mulayam Singh Yadav. PTI Mulayam made the remark while claiming that if the Bill is passed, women belonging to the affluent class will march ahead while those from poor background w...