Following the horrific gangrape of two minors at a beach in Goa, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has caused outrage after he blamed parents for allowing their daughters to stay out so late at night.
Amid pressure from Opposition over the heinous gang rape, Sawant remarked in the state Assembly that parents need to "introspect" instead of blaming the government and police.
바카라When 14-year-olds stay on the beach the whole night, the parents need to introspect. Just because children don바카라t listen, we cannot put the responsibility on the government and police,바카라 Sawant had said on Wednesday, during a debate on a calling attention notice in the House.
Sawant, who also holds the home portfolio, had said parents have a responsibility to ensure the safety of their children and hinted that they should not let their children, particularly minors, out at night.
The statement has provoked harsh responses from political leaders as well as general public on social media. Rajya Sabha MP and Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi blasted Sawant on Twitter as "shameless".
Goa Congress spokesperson Altone D'Costa on Thursday said the law and order situation in the coastal state has deteriorated. 바카라Why should we fear while moving around at night? Criminals should be in jail and law abiding citizens should be out freely moving around,바카라 he said.
Goa Forward Party MLA Vijai Sardesai said it is disgusting that the chief minister is making such statements. 바카라The safety of citizens is the responsibility of police and state government. If they can't provide it to us, the CM has no right to sit in the post,바카라 he added.
바카라It is shocking that @goacm is blaming parents for allowing their children to venture out in the night claiming that it is not safe. if State govt can't assure us our security, who can give it? Goa has a history of being safe state for women, that tag is being lost in @BJP4Goa rule,바카라 tweeted Independent MLA Rohan Khaunte.
바카라We directly blame police, but I want to point out that of the 10 youth who went to the beach for a party, four stayed on the beach the whole night and the remaining six went home,바카라 Sawant had said in the House.
바카라They were on the beach the whole night, two boys and two girls,바카라 said Sawant. Teens, particularly minors, should not be spending the nights on beaches," he added.
Four men, one of them a government employee (a driver with the agriculture department), posed as policemen and raped the two girls after beating up the boys who were with the girls on Benaulim beach, around 30 km south of Goa's capital, on Sunday.
All the four accused have been arrested, Sawant told the Assembly.
During the discussion in the House yesterday, an MLA had claimed that an 바카라influential person바카라 was trying to protect the accused, while another opposition member had alleged that a minister was calling the police and trying to influence the investigation. Speaker Rajesh Patnekar had expunged the remarks from the proceedings.
(With inputs from PTI)
