Goa minister defends wife's saree remark
"She has lived her entire life wearing kumkum and sarees. She was never a victim of eve-teasing. That is what she must have explained to people," Dhavalikar has been quoted as saying in media reports on Tuesday.
This comes after Dhavalikar's wife told journalists on Monday that rapes were fewer in the past because of non-influence of the Western culture.
"In the past, rape cases were less because they (women) adhered by Hindu dharma and now such cases are on the rise because of the western style of living," he has been quoted as saying.
In a meeting organised by the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti on Sunday, Lata Dhavalikar said: "Incidents of rape are on the rise, largely owing to the fact that women have adopted western culture."
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