A Delhi based NGO on Friday filed a complaint against KR Ramesh, Congress MLA in Karnataka Assembly, on his "rape" remark with the Governor of Karnataka to take legal action and disqualify him as MLA. The complaint requested Karnataka Governor to take strict legal action against Ramesh and further disqualify him as a member of the Karnataka Assembly for his …
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, …
"There is a saying that when rape is inevitable, lie down and enjoy it. Disgusting, says Internet Ramesh Kumar’s remarks are not an unusual situation in Indian politics, as a number of politicians have made comments that lacked sensitivity towards women, particularly rape survivors. ‘Rapes happen because men and women interact freely’: Mamata Banerjee In 2012, West Bengal Chief Minister …
Congress MLA and ex-speaker KR Ramesh Kumar’s comment on rape that he made on the Karnataka Assembly floor on Thursday has triggered massive outrage online. Randeep Surjewala, General Secretary, Congress, tweeted, "Congress Party disapproves the exchange of highly objectionable & insensitive banter between Karnataka Assembly Speaker & Sr. Congress MLA in the House." Congress Party disapproves the exchange of highly …
A day after KR Ramesh Kumar kicked up a storm with his controversial comments on rape, Congress's Karnataka president DK Shivakumar on Friday apologised to women over the remarks made by the party legislator. “As the President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, I am deeply saddened that such words were uttered by a Congress MLA. Read | 5 times …
Congress MLA and ex-speaker KR Ramesh Kumar has apologised for the rape comment made on the Karnataka assembly floor on Thursday. KR Ramesh had made a controversial rape remark on the floor of the house with Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri laughing away at it. In February 2019, when KR Ramesh Kumar was the assembly Speaker, he had courted controversy by …
Former assembly speaker and Congress MLA KR Ramesh Kumar came under fire for making a controversial rape comment on the floor of the House on Thursday. In February 2019, when KR Ramesh Kumar was the assembly Speaker, he courted controversy by saying that he felt like a "rape victim". Another Congress MLA Sowmya Reddy said this is "just NOT ok," …