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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Vayalar’s sexist swipe at scribe adds to Cong woes

Vayalar’s sexist swipe at scribe adds to Cong woes

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published Published on Feb 15, 2013   modified Modified on Feb 15, 2013
-The Times of India

Information and broadcasting minister ManishTewari on Thursday said that his colleague and minister for overseas Indian affairs Vayalar Ravi has apologized for his sexist comments, and the matter should rest there. Tewari said the remark was unbecoming for someone working in the public sphere, but since Ravi had apologized and withdrawn his remarks, the matter should now be put to rest.

A woman journalist in Kerala sought Ravi's reaction on Thursday to attempts to make deputy chairperson of the Rajya Sabha P J Kurien stand trial in the Suryanelli rape case. Vayalar Ravi responded with a personal swipe at the reporter, asking if she had a personal grudge against Kurien.

"Do you have anything personal against Kurien? I am sure you do. Has something happened between you and him in the past?" Ravi had asked the woman journalist. The comments were caught on camera.

Commenting on the rape charges against P J Kurien in the Suryanelli case, Tewari said the matter was being sensationalized, and the legal procedure would be followed.

Meanwhile, Kurien met Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday over his alleged involvement in the sex scandal and explained his position to Gandhi.

In January 1996, a 16-year-old girl from Suryanelli in Kerala's Idukki district was abducted and raped for 45 days by 42 men. The case returned to the limelight after the Supreme Court on January 31 ordered a retrial in the Kerala high court, setting aside the acquittal in 2005 by the HC of all but one of the 35 accused. The victim and her family have consistently maintained that Congress leader P J Kurien should stand trial in the case, as he was among those who exploited her. They allege that Kurien was shielded from the law because of his political influence.

Meanwhile, a Kerala police team sent to Karnataka to arrest Suryanelli gang-rape case convict S S Dharmarajan, who has been absconding since getting bail, is yet to make any headway.

The Times of India, 15 February, 2013, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Vayalars-sexist-swipe-at-scribe-adds-to-Cong-woes/articleshow/18508946.cms


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