Rajasthan Minister Shanti Dhariwal sparks row with rape comment
In an objectionable statement, the Rajasthan Cabinet Minister Shanti Dhariwal on Wednesday associated a high number of rape cases in Rajasthan with the state “being a men’s state.”
While speaking in the Assembly Dhariwal said “We are number one in rape, ismein koi do raai nahin (no doubt about that), now why we are number one, it is a fault somewhere. Rajasthan toh hamesha se mardo ka pradesh raha hai, ab uska kya kare (Rajasthan has always been a state of men, what do we do about that?) said Ashok Gehlot-led administration minister.
The insensitive comment has sparked outrage from opposition Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and condemnation from National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma.
Rekha Sharma tweeted, “Rajasthan Government has Ministers like these that’s why women of the State are suffering gruesome gender crimes and police is just don’t do anything. How will women of the state feel safe if it has Ministers like these? NCW India is taking strong action against Mr. Dhariwal.”
Rajasthan Government has Ministers like these that’s why women of the State are suffering gruesome gender crimes and police is just don’t do anything. How will women of the state feel safe if it has Ministers like these? @NCWIndia is taking strong action against Mr. Dhariwal. https://t.co/AYAnJJyQ0K
— Rekha Sharma (@sharmarekha) March 9, 2022
Slamming the remarks and the laugh that was followed on the insensitive remarks, BJP Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala tweeted, ”SHOCKING DISGUSTING BUT NOT SURPRISING Rajasthan’s cabinet minister laughs & says in the Assembly that Rajasthan is number 1 in rape because it is a “state of men” (mardon ka pradesh). LEGITIMISING RAPE AFTER KARNATAKA CONGRESS MLA NOW THIS PRIYANKA VADRA SILENT.”
SHOCKING
DISGUSTINGBUT NOT SURPRISING
Rajasthan’s cabinet minister laughs & says in the assembly that Rajasthan is number 1 in rape because it is a “state of men” (mardon ka pradesh). LEGITIMISING RAPE
AFTER KARNATAKA CONGRESS MLA NOW THIS
PRIYANKA VADRA SILENT pic.twitter.com/dBY8f7MBSy
— Shehzad Jai Hind (@Shehzad_Ind) March 9, 2022
The BJP MLAs created an uproar in the House over the statement and staged a walkout.
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