u201cI warn my opponents, if anything happens to my mothers or sisters, my party workers, I will not spare them, I will have the last word. I will make their family pay dearly. I will ask my boys to go there. They will rape them and leave.u201d u2013 Tapas Pal, Trinamool Congress MP
'It (rape) is a social crime which depends on the man and the woman. It is sometimes right and sometimes wrong. This (rape) is a human perversion. No one informs others before committing a rape, so that he can be apprehended. We can prevent someone (from driving) without a helmet on the streets to prevent accidents. There is no info about a potential rapist. It happens in an isolated area.u201d u2013 Babulal Gaur, home minister in the BJP government of Madhya Pradesh
u201cEven if we provide one policeman per house we can't stop crimes against women. The rise in atrocities against women is due to erosion in moral values.u201d u2013 R R Patil, Maharashtra Home Minister
One of the reasons behind the increase in incidents of eve-teasing is short dresses and short skirts worn by women. This in turn instigates young men.u201d u2013 Chiranjeet Chakraborty, MLA, Trinamool Congress
'Just because India achieved freedom at midnight does not mean that women can venture out after dark.u201d u2013 Botsa Satyanarayana, former chief of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee
u201cIf rape happens with or without consent, it should be punished as prescribed in Islam. Any woman if, whether married or unmarried, goes along with a man, with or without her consent, should be hanged. Both should be hanged. It shouldnu2019t be allowed even if a woman goes by consent.u201d u2013 Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi to mid-day
'Such incidents (rapes) do not happen deliberately. These kind of incidents happen accidentally.u201d u2013 Ramsevak Paikra, Chhattisgarhu2019s home minister
u201cBoys make mistakes. They should not be hanged for this. We will revoke the anti-rape laws.u201d u2013 Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party chief
'To my understanding, consumption of fast food contributes to such incidents (rape). Chowmein leads to hormonal imbalance evoking an urge to indulge in such acts.u201d u2013 Haryana khap panchayat leader Jitender Chhatar
A Haryana khap panchayat actually said the age limit for girls as far as marriage is concerned should be lowered in order to prevent rapes among women in Haryana. 'I am with the khaps on this issue. This will protect women,u201d commented former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala
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