courstey  INDIAN EXPRESS APRIL 20

PM Modi on Kathua, Unnao rape cases: Here’s what he said in Delhi, London
PM Modi: "Can we compare the number of rapes in different governments? We cannot say there were this many rapes in our government and that many of yours. There cannot be a worse way to deal with this issue”As voices of protests and outrage snowballed to demand justice for the Kathua and Unnao victims, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was questioned for his long silence over the horrific crimes. It was only last Friday, at an event in Delhi commemorating the birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar, that PM Modi, in a delayed response over the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua and the alleged rape of a teenager by a BJP MLA in Unnao, said the culprits will not be spared. Thereafter, in London, he insisted that rapes should not be politicised.PM Modi: A rape is rape, don’t politicise the issue
Addressing the Indian diaspora in London on Wednesday, at a mega event titled “Bharat Ki Baat, Sabke Saath,” PM Modi said rape should not be politicised. Modi, in a veiled dig at the Congress, also asserted that one should not compare the number of rape incidents between governments as it was a sensitive and emotive issue.

“Crime against women worrying. A rape is a rape. It should not be politicised,” Modi said at the event. “But can we compare the number of rapes in different governments? We cannot say there were this many rapes in our government and that many of yours. There cannot be a worse way to deal with this issue,” he said.

“That’s why I presented this issue from the Red Fort in a new way. I had said that if a daughter comes late, parents ask where had she gone and why. Whom did she meet? Everyone asks their daughters, but you should also ask your sons where had they been,” Modi said.