Samajwadi Party state chief Abu Azmi tried to do some damage control in a press conference yesterday, after there was uproar over his statements. Azmi had told mid-day that women having sex, with or without consent, should be hanged. He had also said that if a woman was raped, she should be hanged as well, along with the perpetrator.

Foot in mouth: Abu Azmi said people who made such statements should be sent to asylum, and clarified that survivors of rapes shouldn’t be punished