Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president and former Telangana minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Friday apologized for his remarks relating to the free public bus journey scheme for girls within the state. His feedback sparked controversy in reference to movies of ladies combating on buses and doing home tasks.
KTR wrote on
” Don’t Sitaka see ladies combating on buses? With extra buses, households can journey collectively, sew, peel greens, break dance or file dance movies if mandatory.”
He additional mentioned that the Congress authorities can run the service “because it likes” and questioned: “Have you ever seen such fights on buses through the KCR rule?” He then added: “We Ask for extra buses.”
The remarks sparked a serious controversy, with Congress leaders focusing on the previous minister.
Minister Seethakka slammed KTR for his feedback about folks performing break dancing on buses and recording dance movies when required. She condemned KTR’s feedback as “inappropriate” and “extremely offensive” to ladies. The minister additionally questioned BRS, asking if this was the respect and tradition his father taught him and if his sister was additionally performing break dancing. Seethakka demanded an unconditional apology from KTR to Telangana ladies.
In the meantime, the Telangana Ladies’s Fee introduced that it had launched an investigation into the feedback, which it mentioned had been “derogatory” in nature.
“KTR’s put up has been extensively circulated and has come to the eye of the committee for its derogatory nature, significantly in direction of Telangana ladies and the broader ladies neighborhood. The committee famous that the feedback within the put up weren’t solely inappropriate but in addition It has brought about misery to ladies throughout the state,” mentioned Sharada Narella, chairperson of the state ladies’s fee.
The fee has launched an investigation into the matter below its powers below the Telangana Ladies’s Fee Act, she added.
