Union Minister Kaushal Kishore expressed that, ‘girls should take care of why they are doing so. Educated girls are responsible as both the father and mother had refused the relationship. Educated girls should not get into such relationships.’
Controversial comments
The horrifying murder of a Delhi woman by her live-in partner has drawn hugely controversial comments from a union minister. Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Kaushal Kishore’s remarks blaming “educated girls” who leave their parents and opt for live-in relationships, has been sharply criticized by Shiv Sena’s Priyanka Chaturvedi, who demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi sack him.
Claiming that live-in relationships lead to crime, Mr. Kishor said, “These incidents are happening with all those girls who are well educated and think they are very frank and have the ability to take decisions about their future”.
“Why are they living in live-in relationships? If they have to do so, there should be proper registration for live-in relationships. If parents are not willing publicly for such relationships, you should have a court marriage and then live together,” he told “News18” while referring to the Shradha Walkar murder case.
“The girls should take care as to why they are doing so. Educated girls are responsible as both the father and mother had refused the relationship. Educated girls should not get into such relationships,” he added.
#BreakingNews | Girls are responsible for leaving parents for live-in relationship: Union minister Kaushal Kishore insults #ShraddhaWalkar
"Educated girls to be blamed"
"Get married first, live-ins encourage crime"@kaidensharmaa | @toyasingh | #Shraddha #Vic pic.twitter.com/zoo5IZBCks
— News18 (@CNNnews18) November 17, 2022
His comments outraged Priyanka Chaturvedi
“Surprised he didn’t say girls are responsible for being born into this nation. Shameless, heartless and cruel, blame-the-woman-for-all problems mentality continues to thrive,” the Sena MP tweeted.
“If @PMOIndia really means what he says about women Shakti then he must sack this Union Minister immediately. We the women have had enough of carrying the burden of such patriarchal rubbish in society,” she added in another tweet.
Surprised he didn’t say girls are responsible for being born into this nation. Shameless, heartless and cruel, blame-the-woman-for-all problems mentality continues to thrive. https://t.co/ILYGHjwsMX
— Priyanka Chaturvedi?? (@priyankac19) November 17, 2022
For the unversed, Aftab Poonawala had killed his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar after a domestic spat. He then chopped the body and kept the pieces in a 300-liter fridge for almost three weeks at their home in South Delhi’s Mehrauli. Later, he disposed of the pieces in parts of the capital. Walker’s father was against the inter-faith relationship.
