A day after making the controversial remark that “rapes happen with mutual consent,” senior Samajwadi Party leader Totaram Yadav made a U-turn on Sunday and said he never made such a statement.
“Where does rape happen? It doesn’t happen here [in U.P.]. I have not made any statement,” the Uttar Pradesh Processing and Construction Cooperative Limited (PACCFED) chairman said.
His volte-face came when the ruling party rapped him for his remark which went viral on the electronic media.
Asked if incidents of rape could be checked in the State, Mr. Yadav had said in Mainpuri, “What is rape? There is nothing as such. Rapes happen with mutual consent of boys and girls.” — PTI
