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Congress leader Sharmistha Mukherjee while reacting to her party MLA’s ‘enjoy rape’ comments in the Karnataka Assembly. “Congress MLA cracks a ‘joke’, Speaker (from BJP) laughs’. United in their misogynistic attitude! Shame!”
The BJP slammed the Congress for its Karnataka MLA’s comments on rape on the floor of the state assembly, and questioned its leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s silence over the issue, alleging that its leaders have a history of making such insulting comments about women.
He shouldn’t have said this, he’s an experienced politician, a 2-time speaker but there is no appreciation for whatever he said about women. Since he has apologised, let’s not drag the matter, Mallikarjun Kharge, LoP in RS told ANI on Karnataka Congress MLA KR Ramesh Kumar’s ‘rape’ remark
The BJP was, however, also left embarrassed when its spokesperson Aparajita Sarangi also criticised Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, who is from the ruling party, for not objecting to Congress MLA K R Ramesh Kumar’s rape remarks.
“What is sad that the Speaker said nothing after such objectionable comments were made and even laughed,” she said.
It is extremely shameful that inside Vidhan Sabha, a Congress leader has given a shameful statement about women that ‘one should enjoy while a woman gets raped’: Smriti Irani, Minister of Women and Child Development told ANI.
Shameful behaviour, shameful action. The party must deal with them & take very strict action so that it’s an example for others not to even think of such things, forget talking about it in the House, SP MP Jaya Bachchan was quoted as saying by ANI
Senior Congress MLA and former Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar, apologised for his ‘off the cuff remark’ on Friday.
As the proceedings of the Assembly began, Kumar stood up and said he made a statement (in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday), which people found outrageous. “However, my intention was never to demean the prestige of this House or behave in an inferior way. I will not defend myself. I tender my sincere apology for my utterance during the proceedings of the house if it has hurt people from any part of the country,” Kumar said.
