"People with such a mindset do not even have the right to contest polls and seek our votes," Rizvi told IANS.
Madonna Xavier, a 28-year-old woman who tutors children in Hariharnagar, is also worried over how parents are petrified to let go their children after sunset.
"There is already so much crime happening and to top it, he mouths such things. He has lost it or what?" she asks.
Lucknow has seen a spurt in crimes against minors and women in the last two years. The scenario is not just scary but also depressing, she said.