{"id":7051,"date":"2026-04-22T15:33:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/70-80-of-politicians-watch-pappu-yadav-stokes-fresh-controversy-day-after-bedroom-sexist-remark-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:33:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:03:44","slug":"70-80-of-politicians-watch-pappu-yadav-stokes-fresh-controversy-day-after-bedroom-sexist-remark-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/70-80-of-politicians-watch-pappu-yadav-stokes-fresh-controversy-day-after-bedroom-sexist-remark-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8217;70-80% of politicians watch &#8230;&#8217;:Pappu Yadav stokes fresh controversy, day after &#8216;bedroom&#8217; sexist remark | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130437634,imgsize-1908756,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/pappu-yadav.jpg\" alt=\"'70-80% of politicians watch ...':Pappu Yadav stokes fresh controversy, day after 'bedroom' sexist remark\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: A day after courting controversy with a sexist \u2018bedroom\u2019 remark, Independent Bihar MP Pappu Yadav on Wednesday sparked a fresh row while issuing a clarification.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>Defending his earlier comments, Yadav said that 70 to 80 per cent of politicians watch porn.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Responding to a notice from the Bihar State Women\u2019s Commission over his remarks, he said, \u201cI have said this on the Floor of the House too that 70\u201380 per cent of politicians watch porn.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>\u201cSo, get everyone checked. If there is porn on my phone, check me too. Who are these people who have served me a notice? Who are they with? There are several photos with former ministers. People who live in glass houses shouldn\u2019t throw stones,\u201d he added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Earlier on Tuesday, the parliamentarian from Bihar said women will never be respected in politics.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>\u201cIn India, women are called goddesses, but they will never be respected here. The system and society are responsible for this. Who is indulging in domestic violence? Who preys on women\u2014from America to India, it is politicians! Ninety per cent of women cannot start in politics without going to a male leader\u2019s room,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>\u201cA culture of exploiting women has become ingrained. Go to school, and your daughter faces exploitation; go to college, and there is exploitation in the name of ragging; go to the office, and exploitation is there as well. Leaders behave like vultures toward women,\u201d he added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>His statement triggered widespread controversy, with political leaders accusing him of making anti-women remarks.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Taking note of the comments, the Bihar State Women\u2019s Commission sought clarification from the leader. <!-- -->\u201cTaking suo motu cognizance of this matter, the Bihar State Women\u2019s Commission seeks an explanation from you as to why you made such an offensive statement. It also asks why a recommendation should not be made to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha for the cancellation of your membership,\u201d it said in a statement.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>\u201cIt is stated that in a video circulated on social media, you have made an objectionable statement regarding women working in the political sphere. <!-- -->In the video, you are heard saying that women who enter politics do so by sharing a bed with some politician, which hurts women\u2019s self-respect and social dignity,\u201d the statement added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>This comes as Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised the opposition for not supporting the 131st Constitutional (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which sought to advance reservation for women after delimitation. He accused the Congress, DMK, TMC and SP of being anti-women.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/70-80-of-politicians-watch-pappu-yadav-stokes-fresh-controversy-day-after-bedroom-sexist-remark\/articleshow\/130437622.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: A day after courting controversy with a sexist \u2018bedroom\u2019 remark, Independent Bihar MP Pappu Yadav on Wednesday sparked a fresh row while issuing a clarification.Defending his earlier comments, Yadav said that 70 to 80 per cent of politicians watch porn.Responding to a notice from the Bihar State Women\u2019s Commission over his remarks, he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7051","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-country"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}