What our netas think about stalking, staring and item numbers

New Delhi, Mar 20: The nation on Tuesday got a rare insight into the psyche of our political leaders on issues like stalking, staring and racy Bollywood item numbers. The occasion was the marathon debate on the anti-rape bill, which the Lok Sabha passed towards late in the evening. Here are some gems from the speeches of our honourable MPs:Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav: "Who amongst us have not followed girls in our youth? And women don't talk to men first, we men have to follow them and get them to talk. So now, will you put all young men in love in jails? There aren't enough jails too in India...I still think that making stalking and voyeurism a punishable offence is too harsh and wrong. Peecha karne ke liye, taakne-jhaankne ke liye, yeh bahut badi saza hai...When you watch Sheila ki Jawaani or Munni with her Zandu balm, what goes on in your mind? So, what, we are all men after all!"RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav: "The nation needs to do something about the nude sculptures at Khajuraho and Konark. Should we cover them?...The anti-rape bill is not against the average Road Romeo, it is against the habitual ghoomne wala (walker)".Samajwadi Party MP Shailendra Kumar : " Aajkal desh me pehnawa itna galat ho gaya hai, ki kya bolun(these days the sense of dressing has become so outrageous, what to say).....Jayapradaji, I have seen your films. I watch them.."BJP MP Bhola Singh: "The westernized culture is responsible for rising crimes against him and everything that is wrong in our society. A woman's primary task is to ensure succession or procreation of the human race. Naari maa hai, naari behn hai, naari beti hai. Bharat ek desh nahin hai, Bharat ek maa hain. Maa to maa hoti hai, chahe woh Italy ki ho, America ki ya England ki."SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav: "The jails will soon be overflowing with offenders held under the new law. The new law will mean the end of co-ed schools."Shiv Sena MP Anant Geete: " Lot os people made fun of us when we opposed Valentine's Day. But now everyone agrees that it is Westernization of our culture which is to blame for the rising number of rapes. We have to accept it."Supriya Sule (NCP): "When you snigger and laugh over Sheila Ki Jawaani, I want to remind you that the whole nation is watching us hoping this law will make their daughters safe in the country.. Once when I was on a flight, a man walked up to me and said, you have made the Delhi gangrape case into such a joke. Only when something like this happens to one of your politicians' daughters, will you understand our fears. This is how deeply the country grudges us."