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Yadav had opposed the Bill, saying it was only "going to benefit the richer women and the weaker sections would further lose their hold." LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today landed himself in a controversy when he remarked that rural women will not benefit from the Women Reservation Bill because they are not as attractive as women who are from the affluent class. Hindustan Times quoted Mulayam saying: "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)." At a meeting in Barabanki, Yadav had opposed the Bill, saying it was only "going to benefit the richer women and the weaker sections would further lose their hold." Mulayam claimed that if the bill is pas...