Karnataka Home Minister stirs fresh controversy

Karnataka Ministers are quite often catching the media focus for wrong reasons these days. Just a month ago, Karnataka home minister KJ George lost his minister post for making derogatory remarks in a gang rape case.

A 22 year old women working in a BPO company, when raped in a tempo traveller by two persons, reacting on the incident he asked “How is it a gang rape if two people rape? Shouldn’t there be at least three or four people for it to be called gang rape?” He lost his minister post immediately for his rude response and G. Parameshwara takes charge from him as the state new home minister.

He also let his tongue slip in a similar incident. A 30 year old woman went to Tennis Club near famous Cubbon Park in Bengaluru on Wednesday around 9.30 pm seeking membership in it. The club management asked her to come on the next day. While she was returning home, two security guards working in the same club approached her offering help to get membership. They took her to an isolated area and raped her.

Home Minister G Parameshwara reacting on this incident asks “Why should a woman go to play tennis at 9.30 in the night?” In other words, he is stating that women shouldn’t go out in the night time and if goes they may face such bitter experiences. Instead of finding fault with the security guards, who committed this crime, the minister is finding fault with the victim.

Obviously, his question rages the women folk and they are making protests for his statement. Probably, he also may lose his minister post, if fails to cool down the women folk admitting his mistake and apologizing to them.