Now SP MLA says women more responsible for rapes

April 01, 2015 19:48

In a shocking sexist comment, a ruling Samajwadi Party MLA in Uttar Pradesh today said women were more responsible for rapes, drawing strong condemnation from opposition parties.

"...it is wrong to say that women are less guilty, they are more responsible for rapes," Shiv Charan Prajapati, MLA from Hamirpur, said at a women's meet in Hamirpur.

Prajapati said women were also no less responsible for crimes like abortion and dowry harassment.

He also said no government can check incidents like rapes. "Only society can do it," he added.

When UP Women's Commission Chairperson Zarina Usmani, who was presiding over the meeting, objected to his remarks, the MLA said, "If I have said something wrong, I seek pardon."

Incidentally, the MLA's comments came on a day when three cases of rape involving a five-year-old in Firozabad and two teenaged sisters in Badaun were reported on Wednesday.

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