Rajasthan Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal
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- Rajasthan Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal has described it as ‘the state of men’.
- His remarks made many ministers and Congress MLAs laugh.
- No one even stopped Dhariwal, who was answering a debate.
Rajasthan Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal on Thursday gave a jolt, describing Rajasthan as a ‘state of men’. During an address in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly where he was ‘giving reasons’ why Rajasthan is number one in rape crimes. Dhariwal said, “We are number one in rape cases, now what is the reason for these rape cases? Somewhere there has been a mistake. Anyway, Rajasthan has been the state of men, now what to do with it?
His remarks made many ministers and Congress MLAs laugh. No one stopped Dhariwal, who was responding to the debate on the demands for grants of police and jails in the assembly on Wednesday night.
Dhariwal said: “Look at the cases of rape, the statistics of rape with rape and murder are different. Rajasthan ranks 11th in rape with murder. Uttar Pradesh ranks first in rape with murder. Madhya Pradesh on two Assam is at number three, Maharashtra at number four, Orissa at number five.
In the case of rape, Rajasthan is at number one, there is no doubt about it. Uttar Pradesh is at number two, Madhya Pradesh at number three, Assam at number five and Haryana at number six. BJP has given wrong figures in this regard. has been rectified,” he said.
Surprisingly, Dhariwal made this statement when there were three women ministers in the government.
Opposition MLAs were not present in the House when the Parliamentary Affairs Minister made the statement.
As soon as Dhariwal started replying, the BJP MLAs had walked out of the house and no one objected to the statement made in the absence of the opposition.
(with IANS inputs)
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