Tripura Governor says PM cannot be held accountable for

Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy today said while the incidents of rape of minors in Kathua and Unnao were despicable but the Prime Minister cannot be held accountable for such incidents.

While strongly criticising the Unnao and Kathua rape incidents, Roy said one should equally condemn the killing of Sikhs in 1984.

He said Unnao and Kathua incidents were "Despicable, regrettable and condemnable," but "What the PM has to do with a rape that has taken place in Kathua and a rape that has taken place in Unnao?"
To a question about his views regarding the allegations of some of the rape accused having been shielded earlier, Roy said, "Whoever has justified the accused is equally condemnable unless they are convinced the accused is not guilty."
Asked to comment on the opposition views that BJP was in the ruling dispensation in both Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, "Can you tell me how this government or any other government could have prevented these incidents?"
He said in a BJP-ruled state like Tripura, the alleged rape of a girl recently was probed and 5 boys were arrested as accused."
Roy, who was the President of West Bengal unit of BJP from 2002 to 2006, said "This was not the first time an incident of rape has taken place. I remember a young woman was raped and brutally murdered at Raiganj in West Bengal in 2005."