Utter nonsense

2014 had its share of "foot-in-mouth" moments. Here are some of the most outrageous comments of the year

"People should vote for Ramzade (children of Ram) and not Haramzade (bastards/ illegitimates)."
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
BJP MP and Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries

"Boys and girls love each other, later they have differences, and the girl goes and gives a statement that she has been raped. And then the poor fellows are sentenced to death. Should rape cases lead to hanging? Boys are boys, they make mistakes."
Mulayam Singh Yadav

Samajwadi Party

“I have an innocent question...can someone please tell me how a Lord who couldn't save his own head will save others heads? I would very much like to be educated on my queries on Ganesha by esteemed experts on the matter.”

Ram Gopal Verma
Film maker

"I believe Nathuram Godse was also a nationalist and Mahatma Gandhiji also did a lot for the nation. Godse was an aggrieved person. He may have done something by mistake but was not an anti- national. He was a patriot."
Sakshi Maharaj
BJP MP from Unnao

“If you keep petrol and fire together then it will burn. There should be a law to ensure that there should be no 'nangapan' (nudity). Those who wear less clothes should also be banned. Fashion and nudity are responsible for the current situation in India. And in rural India, girls don't go searching out for boyfriends. I support death penalty for the Delhi rapists but there should also be a law that women should not wear less clothes and roam around with boys who are not their relatives. What is the need for roaming at night with men who are not relatives? This should be stopped.”

Abu Azmi
samajwadi party

"Supporters of MNS candidate had come to meet me to extend their support since their own candidate is behind bars. I told them, if he wanted to contest elections to become a legislator, he should have committed rape at least after the elections."
RR Patil
Nationalist Congress Party

"If you insult the mothers and daughters of Trinamool workers, then I won't spare you. I will let loose my boys in your homes and they will commit rape. I will teach each of you a lesson."
Tapas Pal
popular Bengali actor and Trinamool Congress MP

"It's my challenge to entire world that if @narendramodi ji will become next PM then I shall not leave only twitter but India also forever."

Kamaal R Khan
Actor

“Gauhar Khan needed to be slapped because he thought her skirts were too short and ‘un-Islamic’.”
Akil Malik
On why he slapped Gauhar Khan