The parents of the December 16 gang-rape victim here on Friday condemned the outrageous remarks of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh on rapists and urged people not to elect such a leader as he does not “honour” women.
In the remark that raised a storm, Mulayam Singh on Thursday had said the death penalty in rape cases was “unfair” as boys make “mistakes”.
“Mr. Yadav failed to provide security to women in his governance. If he would have thought of providing security to women, he would have never given such kind of statement,” the victim’s father said.
“He is talking nonsense,” the father said about the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister’s statement at an election rally in Moradabad, where Mulayam Singh said that if his party leads the Central Government, he would change the law.
“The main point is that he has no honour for women. I appeal to the public not to elect such kind of leaders. Specially, I appeal to the women not to vote for such leaders,” said the father.
The mother of the rape victim also expressed her dissatisfaction over Mulayam Singh’s statement. “Despite being in the government, Mr. Yadav should not give such a statement,” she said.
“It is wrong, if he is saying all these things. Such people have no right to be in power,” said the mother of the 23-year-old victim, who was brutally gang-raped by six men in the Capital in a moving bus on December 16 night in 2012. She later died of her injuries in a Singapore hospital. Four men have been awarded death sentences in the case.
