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When Yogi Adithyanath had taken oath as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh on March 19, 2017, Bandyopadhyay had posted a controversial poem containing words like ‘condom on a trident’ on social media, which triggered massive protests against him for hurting Hindu sentiments.

Hotstar pulls Hardik Pandya’s Koffee with Karan episode following controversy over misogynistic remarks

Malayalam actor Kollam Thulasi had made a controversial statement on October 12, claiming that women who enter Sabarimala temple going by the Supreme Court verdict, should be 'ripped in half'. Thulasi made this statement while speaking during an NDA rally in Kollam, Kerala.
 

Prakash Raj is the latest celebrity to join politics from the south after veterans Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan.

Call it a slip of the tongue or deliberate remarks, Karnataka leaders have made statements that have resulted in embarrassment for the party or triggered a political storm. From chief minister HD Kumaraswamy’s recent 'shootout' comment, minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan's racist remarks to Siddaramaiah criticising HD Deve Gowda, MyNation tracks the controversial statements made by Karnataka leaders in 2018.

As we bid adieu to 2018, we look back at some of those statements made by Tamil Nadu politicians that made the nation stand up and take notice

AIADMK MP Anwar Raja in his speech, which was initially in English, stuck to the party line and avoided any controversial remarks. However, towards the end, Raja who is also an MP from the Muslims-dominated Ramanathapuram constituency switched over to Tamil and slipped into an extempore speech without any announcement.

Human rights activists from Bengaluru filed a complaint against Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy for his controversial statement of asking an officer to shoot those involved in the JD(S) leader murder three days ago in Maddur.  T Narasimha Murthy a human rights activist says Karnataka should not become like UP where law and order is at stake.

Former chief minister of Karnataka and BJP leader Jagadish Shettar criticised HD Kumaraswamy's controversial statement where he was caught on camera instructing someone over the phone to ‘kill mercilessly’ those who murdered JD(S) leader Prakash.
 

It is alleged that KM Shaji had threatened SI Sreejith Koderi and deputy tahsildar KV Shaju. In the speech, Shaji had termed both Shaju and Sreejith as the “coolies” of the CPM.