"Dress not the reason behind rape": Nirmala Sitharaman

In an event organised by FICCI, Defence Minister Nirmala Sithraman addressed the crowd and spoke about the taboos surrounding rape. She said that how a woman dresses has nothing to do with rape. She reoprtedly said, "What efforts can be made by external agencies when you have known people absolutely violating the women? Some people say about the way women dress. Then why does rape happen of elderly people? Why does rape happen of toddlers?”

She agreed that law enforcement agencies need to be more proactive and said, "So I am trying to push the argument that a lot is upon us in terms of the mindsets with which boys are brought up in our families."