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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Rape in India’ comment triggered an uproar in the Lok Sabha on Friday as the BJP accused him of insulting all women with his comments and sought his apology.
Responding to all allegations and demands for apology over his ‘Rape in India’ remark, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says that there is “no question of apologizing.” “This is merely an excuse for the government to divert attention from the main issue in front of us right now – the citizenship law — and nothing else,” he adds.
Clarifying his statements further, Rahul Gandhi says, ” All I said was that PM keeps talking about ‘Make in India’, but when we open newspapers, all we read is about rape in India.There are news of rapes from every BJP ruled states.”
Attacking Gandhi, BJP’s Smriti Irani said: “It’s happened for the first time in history of India that Gandhi family’s son is saying “come and rape women in India”. Gandhi, in a public rally on Thursday, had said: “Narendra Modi had said ‘Make in India’ but nowadays wherever you look, it is ‘Rape in India’. In Uttar Pradesh Narendra Modi’s MLA raped a woman, then she met with an accident but Narendra Modi did not utter a word.”
Several MPs also raised slogans of “Rahul Gandhi maafi maango” in the Rajya Sabha after which Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said: “You cannot take the name of a person who is not a member of this House. Nobody has the business to disturb the House.” Both the Houses have been adjourned sine die.