New Delhi : Bihar Minister and Jamui MLA Shreyasi Singh on Monday raised eyebrows while commenting on the molestation and assault of a boy and a girl in her constituency. Moral policing can be done in a more decent and elegant fashion. But the way they mishandled and mistreated the boy and girl together is absolutely not tolerable, the 35-year-old BJP leader and former sports shooter said.
Asked to clarify her remarks, Singh said people could have an opinion about how others chose to live their lives, but there were better ways to express such views. You can have an opinion about how somebody chooses to live their life and what they want to do with it. Maybe there is a better way to do it. But the way they have treated them is absolutely not tolerable. The videos that have come are shocking, she said.
They must have known that this boy and girl are kids from Jammu. I can’t fathom the fact that they were treated this badly by the people of the community living there, she said. To help curb this (incident), I am going to ensure from my side that there is absolutely no loophole for them to get out. This incident needs to set a precedent for the future, she said.
He was among those identified from the viral video. Police also arrested another accused, Hare Ram Yadav, who sustained a leg injury during the encounter. Janshakti Janta Dal chief Tej Pratap Yadav attacked the Samrat Choudhary government over the Jamui incident, saying even he felt unsafe while stepping out. Even I feel unsafe when I go out. No woman is safe in Bihar. And yet they keep claiming that our women are safe. How are they safe? Some incident or the other keeps happening,” Yadav, the elder son of RJD chief Lalu Yadav.
This is quite something…So, what is next? ‘Rapes are fine as long as they are ‘decent and elegant’– and not violent?’” Khera said, sharing a snippet of Singh making the remarks. Intrusion – verbal, physical, emotional, psychological or spiritual – does not become acceptable simply because it is done ‘decently’ or ‘elegantly’,” he said. Congress leader Supriya Shrinate also criticised Singh’s remarks, saying she was “stunned and speechless”.
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