"Milk Of Foreign Cows...": DMK Leader's Sexist Remarks Sparks Criticism

Dindigul Leoni, a veteran leader of the state's main opposition DMK, made the crude comments while campaigning in Coimbatore for the April 6 election.

A DMK leader campaigning for the Tamil Nadu election talks about the "milk of foreign cows turning women into barrels" in a sexist shocker that has provoked waves of condemnation. What a shame.. what milk does he drink? Does he know what happens to women's body post pregnancy or during hormonal changes? @KanimozhiDMK what do you like to say to this kind of male chauvinist? Is this the respect your party people have on women. https://t.co/7yMf5esqX0 .@KanimozhiDMK Madame please get rid of womanizers like Dindigul Leoni, Vairamuthu etc in your party before you talk about women's safety.. pic.twitter.com/cVkGCQ8eGi Dindigul Leoni, a veteran leader of the state's main opposition DMK, made the crude comments while campaigning in Coimbatore for the April 6 election. A talk show host on TV, he is prone to passing off sexist comments as humour. "There are many types of cows. In farms, you would have seen foreign cows. People use a milking machine for foreign cows. A person will switch on the machine and 40 litres of milk will come out in an hour. After drinking the milk of foreign cows, women whose hips were the shape of an eight have bloated up and turned into barrels. So babies who used to sit comfortably on their waists are now sliding down the barrel," he says in a video clip that is circulating online. Mr Leoni was campaigning for party candidate Karthikeya Sivasenapathy, who is associated with an NGO working for the welfare of native cattle breeds.