What can we do if somebody rapes you? BJP leader K S Eshwarappa asks journalist

Mangalore Today News Network

Bengaluru, October 17, 2015: Senior BJP leader and former deputy CM K S Eshwarappa, who is popular for his controversial remarks, has landed in trouble once again. "What can we (Opposition parties) do if someone rapes you?" he told a lady journalist near Bengaluru on Saturday.

His shocking comments came at the funeral of a police sub-inspector, who was stabbed to death by robbers on Friday. His funeral became a political mela with politicians cutting across party lines attending it.


Eshwarappa was interacting with the media on the lack of security to policemen under the Congress rule. When a lady journalist from a local Kannada TV channel questioned the Opposition parties’ alleged laidback attitude, Eshwarappa remarked, "See you are here today... If someone drags you from here and rapes you, what can we Opposition leaders, who are in some other part of the state do?"

His insensitive remarks shocked the media fraternity in Bengaluru. In the past too, Eshwarappa has been criticized for his comments.

 

Courtesy: Indiatoday