Sriprakash Jaiswal apologises for sexist remarks
New Delhi: Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Tuesday apologised for the derogatory comments he had made about women, but said he had been quoted out of context.
PTI
"I apologise if people are upset, but my comments were taken out of context," Jaiswal, also a Congress Lok Sabha member, told reporters.
He was reacting to criticism of his comments made during a poetry meet at KK Girls College in Kanpur on Sunday night when he had likened "the joy of a new victory to a new marriage" and said "as the years go by, the celebrations like in a marriage become old".
Women's organisations have slammed his remarks as sexist and deplorable.
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