During Karnataka assembly on Thursday, senior Congress MLA KR Ramesh Kumar made outrageous and sexist comments, putting rape on par with an unwilling assent to discuss about farmers’ issues.
“There is a saying, when rape is inevitable, lie down and enjoy. That’s exactly the position in which you are,” Kumar said, drawing laughters from other members including speaker Vishweshwara Hegde Kageri.
The former Karnataka Assembly Speaker’s comments came when the MLAs demanded time from the Speaker to discuss farmers’ issues in the Assembly.
Questioning how the session can be conducted if time was allotted to everyone, Kageri in a note of resignation said, “I am in a situation where I have to enjoy and say ‘yes, yes’. I should give up controlling the situation and take the proceedings in a systematic manner, I should tell everyone to continue your talks.”
To which, Ramesh Kumar intervened and made the offensive comparison, and the members broke into laughter.
