Watch: State of War

As political leaders continue to campaign for the upcoming assembly elections, some of them on Wednesday found themselves under fire for making a controversial statement. In one such incident, West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh allegedly suggested that if Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wants to show her legs, she should wear a pair of Bermudas. Ghosh later drew flak for his comments from some women leaders of the ruling Trinamool government.

Meanwhile, in Tamil Nadu, DMK candidate Dindigul Leoni compared women to cows and said they have become fat by drinking milk of foreign cows. While campaigning for the DMK, he said "women have lost their shape" and "increasingly look like a barrel".