Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan is at the centre of a fresh political storm after a shocking revelation surfaced that he told poor a Hindu woman selling guavas on a footpath to “apply lipstick and sit in a brothel.”
The shocking revelation was made public by Baqar Ali Khan, a former Samajwadi Party leader who was very close to Azam Khan during his days in the Samajwadi Party.
In an interview with Headline India. Baqar Ali Khan said that Azam Khan made the remark while addressing a female vendors. Describing the 2007 incident, the former SP leader said He and Azam Khan were driving home. When they reached near Mori Gate, Azam stopped the car. There was a Hindu woman selling guava on the footpath. ” How are you sitting here? I’ve not built this footpath for you; remove this stall “, Azam said to her. When the poor Hindu woman said she has kids to feed, Azam remarked, “Lipistic laga ke CHAKLE pe baith jaa” (Translation: Put lipstick and sit in the brothel).
When SP was in power, how Azam Khan used to behave with Hindu women, listen to this eye witness account, how Azam Khan asked a poor woman selling guava to go and sit in a "Chakla" instead of selling guava!! Inke bahut paap hain . https://t.co/VxCNTFy57e
— Nikhilesh Verma (@csnikhil) November 11, 2026
Azam Khan has a long record of derogatory statements against women, including his notorious “khaki underwear” remark about BJP leader Jaya Prada, for which he was booked during the 2019 Lok Sabha campaign. Apart from that, Azam also made a derogatory remark about BJP MP Rama Devi during the triple talaq bill debate. Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has defended him, saying Azam was doing poetry.
Political observers note that Azam Khan has repeatedly escaped serious consequences despite serial offences, with critics arguing that his party saves him every time he makes such remarks.
This revelation exposes the Samajwadi Party’s claimed commitment to women’s dignity and welfare. Baqar Ali Khan’s disclosure is evidence of Azam Khan’s “true face” toward Hindus and Hindu women.
