Former
President
of
the
Indian
National
Congress
Rahul
Gandhi's
'Rape
in
India'
comment
has
not
gone
down
well
with
Union
Minister
for
Textiles
Smriti
Irani.
When
Gandhi
noted
the
rise
in
crimes
against
women
in
India
under
the
regime
of
the
current
government,
he
remarked,
"Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
had
launched
'Make
in
India'
but
nowadays
it
is
'Rape
in
India.'" When
Smriti
gave
a
completely
new
twist
to
this
remark,
many
netizens
called
her
out
on
it.
Smriti
Irani
took
offence
to
Rahul
Gandhi's
remarks
on
the
state
of
affairs
with
regard
to
women's
safety
in
India.
Tearing
into
Gandhi
in
the
Lok
Sabha,
she
said,
"For
the
first
time
in
history,
a
leader
is
giving
a
clarion
call
that
Indian
women
should
be
raped.
Is
this
Rahul
Gandhi's
message
to
the
people
of
the
country?
He
should
be
punished."
Talking
to
reporters,
Smriti
further
said,
"What
he
has
done
is
condemnable,
using
issues
of
crime
against
women
for
politics.
Women
will
give
him
a
reply
but
I
want
to
ask
the
men
here
-
is
every
man
in
India
a
rapist,
according
to
Rahul
Gandhi." She
added,
"I
want
Sonia
Gandhi
to
also
explain
that
Indian
women
can
never
forgive
such
a
condemnable
act."
However,
netizens
have
observed
that
Smriti
took
the
comment
completely
out
of
context,
and
are
calling
her
out
on
it.
#YoSmritiSoDumb
and
#ShamelessSmriti
are
trending
on
the
Internet,
with
many
creative
trolls
giving
hilarious
examples
of
what
Smriti
did
to
the
situation.
An
apology
was
demanded
of
Rahul
Gandhi
for
his
comment
on
the
rising
rapes
in
India.
He
refused
to
apologise,
saying,
"My
name
is
not
Rahul
Savarkar...won't
apologise
for
the
truth".
Devendra
Fadnavis,
former
chief
minister
of
Maharashtra
has
condemned
Rahul
Gandhi
for
comparing
himself
to
freedom
fighter
Veer
Savarkar.
Maharashtra
Shiv
Sena
leader
Sanjay
Raut
also
did
not
take
too
kindly
to
Rahul
Gandhi's
comment,
saying,
"Veer
Savarkar
is
an
idol
of
whole
country
and
not
just
Maharashtra.
The
name
Savarkar
denotes
pride
about
nation
and
self.
Like
(Jawaharlal)
Nehru
and
(Mahatma)
Gandhi,
Savarkar
too
sacrificed
his
life
for
the
country.
Every
such
idol
must
be
revered.
There
is
no
compromise
on
this."