Twitter Slams Minister Kaushal Kishore’s Over Remarks On Shraddha Murder Case. How About We Educate Men To Not Commit Crimes?
Kuch bhi!
The nation is still reeling from the shock of the horrifying details being revealed each day from the Shraddha Walker murder case in Delhi. Social media is full of posts demanding justice for her by ordering the strictest punishment for her killer Aaftab Amin Poonawala. We are still processing all these bits of information and then, we hear Union Minister Kaushal Kishor, blaming Shraddha Walker for her death! Yes, he said on live television that ‘educated girls’ like her are falling into the trap of live-in relationships, and hence, are responsible for what happens to them during this period.
#BreakingNews | Girls are responsible for leaving parents for live-in relationship: Union minister Kaushal Kishore insults #ShraddhaWalkar
"Educated girls to be blamed"
"Get married first, live-ins encourage crime"@kaidensharmaa | @toyasingh | #Shraddha #Vic pic.twitter.com/zoo5IZBCks
— News18 (@CNNnews18) November 17, 2022
His comment has caused a huge uproar on social media as people are shocked over how he could find ways to victim-shame a deceased person after such a gruesome crime was committed against her. Aaftab chopped Shraddha’s body into 35 pieces and stored them in a refrigerator. And Mr Kaushal Kishor, the Minister Of State for the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has chosen to blame Shraddha herself for what happened to her. He went on to say that girls should choose to get married first and then go ahead to live with their partners. Kishor also blamed live-in marriages for the rising crimes against women. Umm… no, I don’t see the point of it. As if married women are not getting abused or murdered by their husbands.
Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi went on Twitter to slam Kaushal Kishor for his ignorant remarks, and wrote, “Surprised he didn’t say girls are responsible for being born into this nation. Shameless, heartless and cruel, blame-the-woman-for-all problems mentality continues to thrive.”
Surprised he didn’t say girls are responsible for being born into this nation. Shameless, heartless and cruel, blame-the-woman-for-all problems mentality continues to thrive. https://t.co/ILYGHjwsMX
— Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19) November 17, 2022
If @PMOIndia really means what he says about women Shakti then he must sack this Union Minister immediately. We the women have had enough of carrying the burden of such patriarchal rubbish in the society.
— Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19) November 17, 2022
Twitter users agreed with Priyanka Chaturvedi and said that what Kaushal Kishor said is quite regressive. One of them said, “Not one word about the guy who carried out this heinous act but girls must not stay in live-ins. Wow.” Very rightly as this Twitter user pointed out, Kaushal Kishor says it is quite right for men to go about killing and it is the women who are supposed to keep looking out for their safety.
Absolutely reprehensible what he said. Unfortunately, millions of men and women in India think like him.
— Mr. P (@Prathit21) November 17, 2022
Not one word about the guy who carried out this heinous act but girls must not stay in live-ins. Wow🫡 https://t.co/Zdrqd8zjjc
— HKM (@icewatervapour) November 17, 2022
https://twitter.com/yixewoah/status/1593244893937553409
It is really surprising how Smriti Irani, the Minister of Women and Child Development of India, who is always ready with blazing guns to blast every time the Opposition party has something offensive to say, is quite surprisingly quiet about her own party minister’s baffling comments.
I think the young ladies of India should rise as one to make these voices shut up. Also…as usual, @smritiirani will be quiet about women’s issues that really matter. https://t.co/ml2VavdLao
— Ajay Kamath (@ajay43) November 17, 2022
Dear idiot minister. Was not naina saini married to sushil sharma.
Was not anupama gulati married to rajesh gulati.
Dont blame the victim for a psycho male https://t.co/3wKR9bVS5I— Harini Calamur (@calamur) November 17, 2022
Dear @smritiirani nothing to say? Why not ask to be relieved of your portfolio of women & child welfare. You are an embarrassment to the tax payers who fund you to maintain a resolute silence. Maybe ask @PMOIndia to make you min of trolling @RahulGandhi https://t.co/NdxeYOHRe4
— Swati Chaturvedi (@bainjal) November 17, 2022
Immense helpless fury at watching this! A man kills a woman, and yet, the focus is on a woman’s non-crime of choosing to be in a live-in relationship/believing she can make her own decisions as an adult, than on the man’s crime of killing her. “Woh zimmedar hai” he says. 🤯🤯 https://t.co/PawPYx9Iup
— Kamini Gupta (@kamini_gupta_) November 17, 2022
The absence of political will or spine when it comes to women's safety issues and elected reps finding new ways to say "boys will be boys" is the real issue at hand.
Any relationship can be toxic, and a certificate defining it changes nothing. https://t.co/W9cOaKORpf— Jaslein (@jasleinsays) November 17, 2022
Also read: Union Minister Says Educated Women Like Shraddha Walker In Live-In Relationships Responsible For Crime Rate. Sir, Your Ignorance Is Shocking!
As they say, every action has an equal and opposite reaction, there were people who also were agreeing with Kaushal Kishor’s comments.
https://twitter.com/cjkosambia/status/1593434371222310913
Ban live ins. https://t.co/VmtxGTaOKX
— . (@arsenestan3) November 17, 2022
https://twitter.com/hellfire_81/status/1593339023913005056
What insult? Girls ARE responsible if they are leaving their parents house willingly to live in with their boyfriend.
— Sarcastic Truly (@Quest_Jigyasa) November 17, 2022
He is right. If she love, let her marry. These illegal relationship takes her to wrong path.
— Tax Audit Consultants (@tax_is_backbone) November 18, 2022
Live in culture should not be promoted…
— MENS Rights 🇮🇳 (@chocotaj) November 17, 2022
It is quite shocking to see how the ministers governing this country have always victim-blamed and victim-shamed every time there is a crime against a woman instead of holding the perpetrator responsible. It is views such as these that misguide the older generation and promotes regressive thoughts. Also, it is high time that lawmakers and ministers stop blaming women for the crimes that are happening against them. Shraddha was not asking Aafatb to kill her. It was NOT her fault that she trusted the wrong man. Aaftab losing his cool and murdering her in a fit of rage is entirely his doing.
First Published: November 18, 2022 3:54 PM
