Indian state minister says sexual abuse over 30 is not rape
The minister for forestry and water resources explained the varied nature of rape.
(Web Desk) – India the largest democracy doesn’t have a good record when it comes to human rights nor does it grant the same space to minorities.
Yet the state minister of Utter Pradesh Upendra Tiwari, wrangled on another controversy by putting forward a new definition of rape and sexual assault.
According to Tiwari, minor girls when subjected to sexual assault is a case of ‘rape’ and treated as such but begs to differ when the same accusation comes from women who are both married and over the age of 30.
ANI reported, the minister for forestry and water resources explaining the ‘varied nature’ of rape.
‘Dekhiye rape ka nature hota hai, ab jaise agar koi nabalig ladki hai uske sath rape hua hai toh usko to hum rape manenge. Lekin kahin kahin pe ye bhi sunne ko aata hai ko ki vivahit mahila hai, umar 30-35 saal hai....uska alag-alag nature hai. (Rape cases are of different nature. If there is a minor girl who has been raped, we consider it to be rape. But in some cases, we see married women, who are 30-35 years of age, that is another nature) he added.
#WATCH UP Minister Upendra Tiwari: Dekhiye rape ka nature hota hai, ab jaise agar koi nabalig ladki hai uske sath rape hua hai toh usko to hum rape manenge, lekin kahin-kahin pe ye bhi sunne ko aata hai ko ki vivahit mahila hai, umar 30-35 saal hai....uska alag-alag nature hai pic.twitter.com/Ou1AMPsvGB
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The minister went on a little further and emphasized women to come forward when the actual assault takes place instead of waiting for several years and then leveling the charges.
‘They should complaint about it as and when it happens and not after years,’ he stressed.
He was also baffled at the cases when women associated in romantic relationships blame their partners of sexual abuse after several years.
