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| Subject: Women who have sex before marriage should be hanged -- Indian socialist Tue Apr 15, 2014 7:10 pm | |
| Mulayam Singh Yadav, the head of India’s Socialist (Samajwadi) Party, said he would get rid of a recently introduced law that handed death sentences to repeat rape offenders, because it was not uncommon “for boys to make mistakes”.
Referring to a recent case from Mumbai in which three men were sentenced to death for carrying out two gang rapes, Mr Yadav told an election rally that rape happens because women lead men on.
"Boys will be boys. Following a girl-boy fight, the girl complains she was raped," he said.
On Friday, Mr Yadav, whose son is the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, appeared to row back on his comments.
"Many people said that my comments were right. I am against rape. Rapists should be given the most severe punishment," he said at another rally.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/10762531/Women-who-have-sex-before-marriage-should-be-hanged-says-senior-politician-in-Indias-Socialist-Party.html |
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