Chauvinist comments by politicians proves how type-set they are and have taken rape for granted.
Samajwadi Party’s sexist MP Naresh Agarwal does it again by courting controversy with his bigot remarks. While answering to Lakhimpur gang rape case and Tarun Tejpal scandal, Agarwal made very insensitive and chauvinist comments.
He said that officers are now ‘scared’ to employ women as their personal assistants after the passage of the bill to prevent sexual harassment of women at workplace. Although desisting from replying on the sexual harassment charges against Tarun Tejpal till the probe is finished, he recollected that when the law in support of women was being brought, he had conveyed concern over it. He said, “Nobody is willing to hire female PAs in the ministry in fear of framed rape charges.”
There is no end to the sexist rant of controversial SP minister. In an interview by a news channel, he clearly stated, “rape is a daily scenario, which is also rampant in Delhi. I do not know why the media gets hyped up with these incidents. Laws have been implemented against rape and I am sure that the Assam government will take action in due course.”
The truth of rape has hit Assam hard. The people of the state are shaken and infuriated over the alleged gang rape of a 31-year-old woman in a moving auto in Lakhimpur district last Friday. The rapists not only violated the woman sexually but also allegedly brutalized her before throwing her out of the moving vehicle, leading to her death later at a hospital.
It is a chauvinist comment and establishes how type-set our political leaders are. They have a fixed frame of mind and have taken rape for granted. In a way, these politicians deem that women should not raise their voices against sexual assault or harassment at workplace. All that he said was a type of soft threat.
No wonder why crimes against women in Uttar Pradesh are on rise and mostly go unreported. With the anger over SP leader’s remarks mounts, shouldn’t Samajwadi Party leadership fire him?
