New Delhi/Lucknow: While the SP government in Uttar Pradesh is under attack over a string of rape incidents, party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday drew flak for saying that the state has the lowest number of such cases in the country despite a population of 21 crore.
“UP has a population of 21 crore. If there is any place which has the lowest number of rape cases, it is UP,” Mr Yadav told reporters in Delhi. The remarks by the SP supremo were latched on to by the Opposition which said they had exposed the “insensitivity” of the SP government.
Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani said it was unfortunate that such remarks had come from a prominent leader like Mr Yadav and asked the state government to take strict action to check crimes.
