BJP defends RSS chief over rape remark

Addressing a citizens' meet in Silchar yesterday, The RSS chief claimed that rapes took place in India and not in Bharat. And that rapes were a crime mainly in cities and not in rural India. He also said that incidents of gang-rape or sex crimes are prevalent in some urban belts, while adding that Indian ethos and attitudes towards women should be revisited in the context of ancient Indian values. Defending Mohan Bhagwat's remark, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said, that Bhagwat's remark is being portrayed negatively.

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