BJP MLA Surendra Singh has been known to make controversial comments in the past.
Ballia:
A BJP MLA in Uttar Pradesh, who said rapes can only be stopped if parents teach ‘sanskar‘or values for his daughters, has responded to the top leader of Congress, Rahul Gandhi, after the latter criticized him for his controversial comments on Sunday.
The congressional deputy had described the comments of MLA Surendra Singh as “a macho macho mentality of RSS at work. The BJP leader made the statement amid mass outrage over the alleged gang rape of a 20-year-old woman from Hathras, who died in Delhi last Tuesday.
“Rahul is a dual-minded and foreign-minded person. He is totally ignorant about Indian culture,” Surendra Singh, UP’s Ballia MLA BJP, was quoted as saying Monday by PTI news agency.
“You will understand the definition of nationalism if you are taught by nationalists. You could not understand the core of the culture of the country. The dual characters of Rahul and Priyanka (Gandhi Vadra) became obvious during his trip to meet the victim’s family. in Hathras. While they laughed during the trip, they shed tears in their homes, “Singh said.
Congressional leaders had met with the family of the Hathras victim on Saturday night, after an earlier attempt by them was scuttled by Uttar Pradesh authorities, who briefly detained them and other workers from the Congress in Greater Noida, on the outskirts of Delhi. They have stated that they will fight for justice for the Dalit woman who died 15 days after she was allegedly gang-raped on 14 September.
The woman had been assaulted by four men from her village’s so-called upper caste community. Her family found her in the field, allegedly naked, bleeding, with multiple fractures and a cut on her tongue. Police claimed that her tongue was cut off because she bit it while her attackers tried to strangle her.
Surendra Singh has been known for making controversial comments in the past. Last year, she had said that Nathuram Godse, who murdered Mahatma Gandhi “was not a terrorist” and that she “made a mistake”. Earlier this year, he commented on West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying she is a “cruel-hearted woman.”
(With PTI inputs)
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