'Which adivasi woman is beautiful?': Congress MLA's bizarre theory on rape causes outrage; Phool Singh links it to scriptures

In the purported video he went on to say, “The theory of rape is that any man, regardless of the kind of mind he has, may be walking along the road. If he sees a very beautiful girl—extremely beautiful—his brain can get distracted, and then rape can happen."

The MLA also invoked caste-based interpretations to justify sexual violence, a claim that has drawn widespread anger.

He added, “Rape mostly happens to women from Adivasi communities, whose women are considered very beautiful, and from Scheduled Castes, whose women are also considered very beautiful. OBC women too, he said, are very beautiful, and that is why they face rape more often. Why does rape happen? Because such instructions are given in their religious scriptures.”