Varanasi, Jul 8: A senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh has has stoked controversy by saying that even Lord Ram would not have been able to stop the rising incidents of rape and crimes against women.
"Main daawe ke sath kah sakta hun ki Bhagwan Ram bhi aa jayenge to yeh ghatna (rape) par niyantran kar pana sambhav nahi hai. Yeh samaj ka swabhavik pradushan hai, (I can say with surety that such incidents (rapes) cannot be checked even if Lord Ram comes (to Earth). Such incidents are natural pollution of the society)," Surendra Singh, BJP MLA from Bairia in Ballia district, told reporters when asked to comment on the recent incident of molestation in Unnao, the video of which went viral on social media.
"Such incidents could be controlled only by inculcating ' sanskar' (good character) among men, women and children, and not through ' Samvidhan' (Constitution)," he said.
Singh added: "Dreaded criminals are being eliminated in police encounters, but ' jism lootne wale' (rapists) could not be treated in a similar manner... such people are sent behind bars."
Known for making contentious comments, Singh had earlier called West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee "Surpanakha", the sister of demon king Ravana, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a reincarnation of Lord Ram.
Recently, he had supported another BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who is in Sitapur jail over the Unnao rape case.
Singh had said that no one can rape a mother of three children.
“I am speaking from psychological point of view; no one can rape a mother of three children. It is not possible, this is a conspiracy against him (Kuldeep Singh Sengar),” he told ANI, adding, “Yes, maybe her father was thrashed by some people, but I refuse to believe rape charge.”
The CBI on Saturday filed a charge sheet against the five accused in the death case of the father of a minor girl, who was allegedly raped last year in Unnao.
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