BJP’s Surendra Singh has been known to make sexist comments in the past.
New Delhi:
Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Surendra Singh’s comment that “rape cases can only be stopped with sanskar (culture), not governance” has drawn strong criticism on social media.
The BJP leader, known for his controversial remarks, responded to a question on Saturday about the rise in crimes against women amid massive outrage against the alleged gang rape and torture of a 20-year-old woman from Hathras of Uttar. Pradesh, who died in Delhi last week. As he spoke to a reporter, he seemed to be blaming women.
“I am a teacher as well as being an MLA. Such incidents (such as rape) can be stopped only with sanskar (culture), not with shasan (good government) or talwar (referring to sword or power),” the UP BJP MLA of Ballia said.
Actress Kriti Sanon lashed out at the BJP leader when he asked “why don’t you give your children some Sanskrit”. “¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿What ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¡¡¡ ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡CAN YOU HEAR YOURSELF SPEAK? ”She tweeted.
Teach the daughters how not to be raped ??? Can you hear yourself speak? THIS is the MIND that needs to change! It’s so messy! Why can’t you give your kids some sanskaar? https://t.co/JXj9Tx6YOe
– Kriti Sanon (@kritisanon) October 3, 2020
Actor and activist Swara Bhasker shared an old video of himself, where he is heard making disparaging comments about the 2018 Unnao rape case. “This mean man is an old sinner,” he tweeted in Hindi.
Yesterday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also responded to the comments. “This is the dirty macho mentality of RSS at work. Men rape, but women need to be taught good values,” she said, commenting on BJP leader Surendra Singh’s comment on Twitter. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS is the ideological mentor of the BJP ruling UP and in the center.
The BJP MLA, however, today retorted to the former head of Congress, saying: “Rahul is a dual-character, foreign-minded person. He is totally ignorant about Indian culture. He will understand the definition of nationalism if he takes nationalist classes. He could not understand. the crux of the country’s culture. “
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