MP: Cong MLA links women’s beauty to rape, later expresses regret; BJP asks Rahul...

Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppPinterestLinkedinCopy URLTelegramEmailTumblrReddItPrintKoo BHOPAL, Jan 17 : Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Phool Singh Baraiya sparked a row after allegedly linking women’s beauty to rape and associating sexual crimes against women from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes with what he described as “teerth phal” (rewards of pilgrimage). Baraiya’s statements came to the fore on Saturday, when Lok Sabha Opposition Leader Rahul Gandhi was in Indore in connection with the water contamination tragedy there. However, after Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and the MP’s ruling BJP strongly condemned the remarks, expressing hope that Gandhi would take action against him, Baraiya did a U-turn by attributing what he had said to a Bihar philosopher.