For "justifying rape", Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday slammed his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar after the latter claimed that most of the rape cases filed were "fake".
80-90 per cent of the rapes and molestation took place amongst people who know each other well, said Khattar, last week.
"They roam around together for some time and if one day they get in some quarrel, they file an FIR claiming that they have been raped," Khattar had said.
If this is the mentality of a state's Chief Minister then how do someone expect the women to be safe, said Kejriwal.
"CM sir is justifying rape. This is the reason why incidences of rape are increasing in Haryana and rapists are not caught... they roam around free," Delhi CM said.
Over the past few weeks, Kejriwal and Khattar have been in a tiff over their respective states' basic services.
In his efforts to get more seats in the 2019 polls, Kejriwal has been holding rallies in Haryana.
Kejriwal is inviting people of the state to visit AAP's Mohalla clinics and government schools to see the work done by his government.
He had also invited Khattar to visit the clinics after the Haryana Chief Minister dismissed the Mohalla clinics as chaotic or "halla clinics".
However, Kejriwal said that the Haryana CM never replied to his requests.
After protesters from the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) blocked a road that Delhi CM was to take, on Saturday, Kejriwal was stopped by authorities from entering Haryana's Karnal district.
(With IANS inputs)
