Akhilesh Yadav Defends Azam Khan's Sexist Remarks In Parliament

Samajwadi Party Leader Akhilesh Yadav defended his party's Azam Khan for his sexist remarks on BJP's Rama Devi and said Mr Khan had no "ill intentions" when he made the comments. "I don't think Azam Khan meant any disrespect to the chair," he said, and then hit out at the BJP for their cries of "shame". "They are badtameez (insolent) These people are so ill-behaved and they point fingers at us?" Speaker Om Prakash Birla, who was presiding at the time, told Akhilesh Yadav it was he who needed to apologise for using an unparliamentary word.