After rape, a woman with self-respect will die: Cong chief in Kerala

The state Congress chief’s comments were allegedly aimed at a woman involved in the solar scandal who recently accused a Congress leader of rape.

The president of the Kerala unit of the Congress on Sunday called a woman who had accused several leaders and ministers of the previous Congress-led UDF government of raping her, a “prostitute” – but backtracked soon after and apologised at the same public event.

Addressing an Opposition protest meeting against the CPM-led LDF government, Kerala PCC chief Mullappally Ramachandran said: “The Chief Minister should not think that he can escape by fielding a prostitute to…