The perpetrators of the Mysuru gangrape will soon be caught and taken to justice, Karnataka leader minister Basavaraj Bommai, who's in New Delhi, stated on Thursday as political mudslinging among the BJP and the Congress started over the alleged gangrape. Karnataka domestic minister Araga Jnanendra advised the media that the incident occurred in an abandoned vicinity wherein the girl went together along with her male friend. "They must not have long gone there," the minister stated evoking a pointy reaction from the Congress.
Slamming the Congress for making it a political issue, the home minister said, "Rape has happened there (in Mysuru), but the Congress was trying to rape me, they are trying to rape the Home Minister. They are trying to gain political mileage."
Karnataka Congress on Thursday tweeted several allegations against the BJP and said in BJP's rule, one MLA has also been raped. Citing examples of how BJP always blame the victim, Congress referred to the home minister's statement and said that in this case too the home minister has blamed the victim.
"When such incidents happen, instead of exerting pressure to see it from a humanitarian perspective and detect (the culprits), attempts are on to get political mileage in such a situation. People will see it. I will not say much on this. Instructions have been given on what has to be done by the police so that such things don't recur and we are at it," the home minister said.
Congress leader DK Shivakumar said it seems the home minister likes the word 'rape'. "He (Home Minister) has claimed that Congress was raping him, he is using the word rape very lightly...it seems he likes that word. I seek the response of BJP leaders on this statement. When the home minister is saying that Congress is raping him, what is the administration of the state doing?" D K Shivakumar said urging the police to arrest anyone who is "raping the home minister".