<p>Kerala PCC president Mullappally Ramachandran has triggered a controversy with his remark on rape victims.</p>.<p>Addressing a protest of Congress-led United Democratic Front in Kerala on Sunday, Ramachandran said that a woman with self-respect who gets raped would either end her life or would try to prevent such incident in future. "But a woman here is stating that the entire system raped her and the ruling left-front in Kerala is using her to deviate attention from the serious allegations against the government," he said.</p>.<p>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/20-year-old-girl-gang-raped-murdered-in-up-hospital-doctor-and-staff-booked-909925.html">20-year-old girl gang-raped, murdered in UP hospital; doctor and staff booked</a></p>.<p>Ramachandran's statement came in the backdrop of a fresh rape allegation raised against a Congress leader by a cheating case accused woman. The same woman had earlier raised rape allegations against many senior Congress leaders.</p>.<p>With Ramachandran's statement triggering criticisms of insulting womanhood, he tendered an apology at the same event itself.</p>.<p>Kerala social justice minister K K Shailaja and Kerala Women's Commission chairperson M C Josephine flayed Ramachandran's statement. Josephine said that the commission would take action against him.</p>.<p>Ramachandran, who was a former union minister of state for home affairs, had courted controversy in June after he had stated that state health minister K K Shailaja was trying to earn publicity over Covid-19. "She earned the title of NIPAH princess just by playing a guest actor's role in the fight against NIPAH and she was trying to get C ovid-19 Queen title," he had stated.</p>
<p>Kerala PCC president Mullappally Ramachandran has triggered a controversy with his remark on rape victims.</p>.<p>Addressing a protest of Congress-led United Democratic Front in Kerala on Sunday, Ramachandran said that a woman with self-respect who gets raped would either end her life or would try to prevent such incident in future. "But a woman here is stating that the entire system raped her and the ruling left-front in Kerala is using her to deviate attention from the serious allegations against the government," he said.</p>.<p>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/20-year-old-girl-gang-raped-murdered-in-up-hospital-doctor-and-staff-booked-909925.html">20-year-old girl gang-raped, murdered in UP hospital; doctor and staff booked</a></p>.<p>Ramachandran's statement came in the backdrop of a fresh rape allegation raised against a Congress leader by a cheating case accused woman. The same woman had earlier raised rape allegations against many senior Congress leaders.</p>.<p>With Ramachandran's statement triggering criticisms of insulting womanhood, he tendered an apology at the same event itself.</p>.<p>Kerala social justice minister K K Shailaja and Kerala Women's Commission chairperson M C Josephine flayed Ramachandran's statement. Josephine said that the commission would take action against him.</p>.<p>Ramachandran, who was a former union minister of state for home affairs, had courted controversy in June after he had stated that state health minister K K Shailaja was trying to earn publicity over Covid-19. "She earned the title of NIPAH princess just by playing a guest actor's role in the fight against NIPAH and she was trying to get C ovid-19 Queen title," he had stated.</p>
