“I merely revealed the truth.” Ashok Gehlot
Addressing a press conference held on Friday in Delhi, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said post-rape murder cases have increased in the country after the implementation of the law to hang rape convicts. “he said Ever since the death penalty (for rape convicts) has been given after the Nirbhaya case, post-rape killings have increased”.
What I said was only true. Whenever a rapist rapes a girl child and commits misdeeds, that child takes her identity somewhere, they kill her out of fear of being recognized… Never before have there been so many deaths,” the chief minister told reporters. When asked about his controversial remarks.
Addressing a press conference in Delhi on Friday, Chief Minister Gehlot said that post-rape murder cases have increased in the country after the death law came into force.
After the Delhi Nirbhaya case, ever since the death penalty (for rape convicts) law was introduced, there has been an increase in the number of murders after rape. The rapist sees and thinks that the girl will be a witness tomorrow, so he not only rapes but also murders her. This is happening all over the country. This is a very dangerous trend,” Gehlot said, referring to the December 16, 2012 gang rape incident in Delhi, which was later referred to as the “Nirbhaya” incident.
The rapist feels and thinks that the victim will become a witness against the accused and she will recognize him later. In such a situation, the accused finds it right to kill the victim. The reports of such cases coming from across the country are showing a very dangerous trend. He said that the situation in the country is not particularly good.
Gehlot’s remark was strongly criticized by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), BJP said that CM Gehlot is not stopping the increasing incidents of atrocities against innocent girls in the state but is trying to hide the failures of his government.
Terming Gehlot’s statement as ‘unfortunate’, Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said, “For the last three years, Rajasthan has become the epicenter of atrocities against a young innocent girl. Now nothing can be more unfortunate than this that the issue is being escalated by making controversial statements to hide our failures.
Swati Maliwal slams Ashok Gehlot for his remarks.
The Rajasthan CM, Ashok Gehlot, should stop using the language of rapists. The manner in which he has made fun of Nirbhaya has hurt the sentiments of all the rape victims of the country. We struggled a lot to bring this law that those rapists who rape a small girl should be hanged, “Delhi Commission for Women Chairperson, Swati Maliwal said while talking to ANI.
Instead of making such absurd and useless remarks, it is the responsibility of CM Ashok Gehlot and his duty to implement the law very strictly as Rajasthan itself has witnessed so many rape cases.”
