Congress MLA KR Ramesh Kumar apologises for rape comment after facing criticism

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Belagavi, Dec 17, 2021: Congress MLA and ex-speaker KR Ramesh Kumar has apologised for the rape comment made on the Karnataka assembly floor on Thursday.

 

Ramesh Kumar said that if the statement hurts the sentiments of women, he has no problem apologising. I apologise from bottom of my heart, he said.

KR Ramesh had made a controversial rape remark on the floor of the house with Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri laughing away at it.

He has faced criticism from all quarters including from within the Congress party. Syed Nasser Hussain, MP from Karnataka is the latest to have condemned the statement. Assembly was going on and such thing shouldn’t have been said, Hussain said.

Earlier, Congress MLA Dr Anjali Nimbalkar took to social media demanding that the House should apologise to the entire womanhood for such obnoxious and shameless behaviour.

In February 2019, when KR Ramesh Kumar was the assembly Speaker, he had courted controversy by saying that he felt like a "rape victim".

 

Courtesy:India Today