Karnataka Congress MLA KR Ramesh Kumar’s ‘enjoy rape’ comment is not his first: A look at his controversial statements

The former Karnataka speaker apologised after he made the reprehensible remark, which sparked outrage and furore First there was Samajwadi Party’s Mulayam Singh Yadav’s ‘Boys will be boys, they make mistakes… Will you hang them for rape?’ shocker and now there is Karnataka Congress leader K R Ramesh Kumar’s howler of a comment: ‘There’s a saying… when rape is inevitable, lie down and enjoy it.’ The Congress Karnataka MLA has come under fire for his controversial comment. ‘When rape is inevitable, lie down and enjoy it’ On Thursday, former assembly speaker and Congress MLA KR Ramesh Kumar while speaking in the ongoing state Assembly session in Belagavi said to the Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, “There’s a saying… when rape is inevitable, lie down and enjoy it. I should give up trying to control the situation and conduct the proceedings in a systematic manner.” #WATCH| ".There's a saying: When rape is inevitable, lie down&enjoy," ex Karnataka Assembly Speaker & Congress MLA Ramesh Kumar said when Speaker Kageri, in response to MLAs request for extending question hour, said he couldn't& legislators should 'enjoy the situation' pic.twitter.com/hD1kRlUk0T — ANI December 17, 2021 Instead of opposing the offensive remark, the Speaker and members were heard breaking out into laughter. The Speaker, pointing to repeated reference to charges against him, said his “situation was like that of a rape victim, as they too are supposedly questioned about the incident repeatedly.” ‘Corrupt’ Yeddyurappa didn’t know how to avoid getting caught’ In 2014, the Congress MLA was sympathetic towards former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, who was forced to step down in 2011 following corruption charges.