Haryana Minister calls Geetika 'servant' of Kanda

January 01, 2013 19:01

Haryana Minister Shiv Charan Sharma was at the centre of a controversy after calling suicide victim Geetika Sharma a "servant" of his former ministerial colleague Gopal Kanda who is the prime accused in the case.

Sharma, the Minister for Labour and Employment who also said that the case in which Kanda has been booked is not "such a big" one, came under fire today from BJP and women's bodies who described the remark as insensitive, insulting and shameful.

Geetika's brother Ankit demanded an apology from the minister. "This isn't such a big case. He(Kanda) appointed her (Geetika) as a servant by mistake," Sharma, a Congress leader, said referring to the Geetika suicide case while participating in jailed Kanda's birthday celebrations organised by his supporters here on December 29. Geetika was an employee of the now defunct MDLR airline owned by Kanda.

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