Protests are justified: Sharmishtha Mukherjee

s President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit "insensitive" remarks sparked outrage, his sister Sharmistha expressed "utter shock and anguish" and apologised on his behalf. "I express my utter shock and anguish. I really apologise to every women, man and every sensitive person in this country... I am utterly shocked and only thing I can say is that I really apologise on his behalf... I am quite surprised with what my brother said," Sharmistha said. Asked whether Abhijit should apologise for his words, she said, "I completely agree. He should immediately apologise. "Not only as a President's son, but as any sensitive man, he should not have made this kind of statement. Forget about being a political leader, it shows a certain degree of insensitivity... My family is not like that," she said.

Abhijit stoked a major controversy by describing women participating in Delhi protests against gangrape of a student as 'highly dented and painted', triggering angry backlash.