Hathras Case: Kriti Sanon And Other Bollywood Celebs Slam MLA For Misogynist Comments
Bharatiya Janata Party leader and MLA Surendra Singh’s misogynist comments on the case has upset many netizens including Bollywood celebrities like Kriti Sanon
The
Hathras
case
has
led
to
a
nationwide
outrage
on
social
media,
and
many
have
been
calling
out
the
police
investigation
and
have
claimed
there
is
a
political
angle
to
the
gangrape
case.
However,
Bharatiya
Janata
Party
(BJP)
leader
and
MLA
Surendra
Singh's
misogynist
comments
on
the
case
has
upset
many
netizens
including
Bollywood
celebrities
like
Kriti
Sanon,
Farah
Khan
Ali,
Vir
Das,
Onir
and
others.
BJP
MLA
from
Uttar
Pradesh
Surendra
Singh
on
Saturday
said
that
the
parents
of
young
women
must
inculcate
good
values
in
them
to
stop
incidents
of
rape.
ANI
quoted
him
as
saying,
"Such
incidents
can
be
stopped
only
with
sanskar
[culture
and
values]
and
not
with
shashan
[governance]
or
talwar
[sword].
The
government's
job
is
to
protect
the
people
but
it
is
also
the
responsibility
of
parents
to
teach
children
polite
behaviour
and
manners."
He
added,
"Our
country
can
become
beautiful
with
the
combination
of
sanskar
and
sarkar
[government]."
The
comments
shocked
many
as
the
backward
and
narrow
minded
statement
came
from
someone
at
a
higher
post
in
the
government
of
India.
Among
several,
actress
Kriti
Sanon
was
furious
and
strongly
reacted
saying
this
kind
of
mindset
has
to
change.
While
Farah
Khan
wrote,
"To
Stop
rape
we
need
to
change
the
mentality
of
men
like
him." Take
a
look
at
all
the
tweets
from
B-town
celebs
opposing
the
misogynist
comments,
Teach
daughters
how
to
not
get
raped???
Can
he
hear
himself
talk?
THIS
is
the
MINDSET
that
needs
to
change!
Its
so
messed
up!
Why
can’t
they
give
some
sanskaar
to
their
sons???
https://t.co/JXj9Tx6YOe
Speechless
..,
and
people
elect
these
morons
..,
and
a
party
actually
gives
them
tickets
.
With
MLAs
like
those
Hope
is
a
distant
dream
https://t.co/RO56q8C2pv
To
Stop
rape
we
need
to
change
the
mentality
of
men
like
him
who
blame
a
woman
for
rape.
We
write
“A
woman
was
raped”
instead
of
saying
“the
man
raped
a
woman”.The
stigma
is
always
on
a
woman
when
it
should
be
on
the
rapist.Teach
this
man
to
respect
the
womb
that
bore
him
first.
https://t.co/OoOo50YimY
Meanwhile,
Adityanath-led
UP
government
is
facing
immense
criticism
over
its
handling
of
the
Hathras
gangrape
case.
According
to
reports,
four
upper-caste
Thakur
men
allegedly
gang-raped
and
tortured
the
19-year-old
woman
on
September
14,
who
died
at
a
hospital
in
New
Delhi
on
September
29.
She
was
then
hastily
cremated
on
Wednesday
midnight
by
the
police,
without
allowing
her
family
to
perform
the
last
rites.