Mr. Al Naseer Zhakaria, the Congress spokesperson, was shown the door after he made derogatory and sexist remarks in the studio of Magicbricks Now television network. He was literally thrown out of the studio after he refused to apologize for the remarks made even after repeated requests from the host Faye D'souza. What infruited the host and the panelists more was that instead of apologizing he was trying to justify his statements.
He was a panelist in the television debate on the rape and murder of a 24 year old physiotherapist from Mumbai on 10th December 2016 where he made the horrendous blunder of passing demeaning remarks about the attire of the wife of the now Maharashtra chief minister, Mr. Devendra Fadnavis. The CMs wife's name is Amruta Fadnavis and Mr. Zhakaria reportedly commented about the short red dress which she had worn in one of the music video appearance which also include the great Indian superstar, Mr. Amitabh Bachchan. The moment he made the statement there was outrage amongst all the panelists present, majority of whom were ladies.
The link of the television debate is given below:
When asked if Congress party would take action against AL Naseer Zhakaria, the party was non committal. When asked about the incident from the former chief minister of Maharashtra and the now Maharashtra Congress Chief, Mr. Ashok Chavan, he dismissed it saying that it was a on-the-spurt of the moment remarks from Zhakaria and the party does not stand by his statements.
Meanwhile, there is huge public outrage on the statements made by Zhakaria especially by the women who say that how can the safety of women be equated to their attire. This is one more incident of how politicians become so insensitive and speak absolute rubbish on national television without actually thinking on what or about whom are they speaking. It remains to be seen whether action which will be taken against him or will he go scot-free after this incident.
