A rape is a rape, don’t politicise such issues: PM Modi

TIL Desk/National/London/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has been assailed by the Congress for remaining mum on the Kathua and Unnao rape cases that have shocked the nation, chose the global stage on Wednesday to counter the charge, saying such incidents should not be politicised while acknowledging that crimes against women were worrying.

Modi also said that people have more expectations from his government because they know that it can deliver.“People know that when they say something, the Government will listen and do it. Days of incremental change are over,” Prime Minister Modi said while speaking at the ‘Bharat Ki Baat, Sabke Saath’ programme at the iconic Central Hall Westminster in London.

Responding to a series of questions moderated by Prasoon Joshi, the Chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification, Prime Minister Modi said he was not born with an aim to be in history books. Slamming his detractors, Modi said his problem is not against criticism.

“To criticise, one has to research and find proper facts. Sadly, it does not happen now. What happens instead is allegations,” Modi said in his more than two-hour long interaction.“I want this government to be criticised. Criticism makes democracy strong. Democracy cannot succeed without constructive criticism,” he added. On recent incidents of rapes of minor girls in the country, Modi expressed grief and called it an evil of not just the individual but also of the society.