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Full text of Prime Minister’s comments on Kathua and Unnao rapes
National Herald thanks The Quint for this exclusive on Prime Minister’s comments on Unnao and Kathua rapes. We are carrying it in response to The Wire’s appeal to media to run The Quint’s story as is
The Prime Minister tweeted that the events being discussed over the last two days are an embarrassment to any civilised society. “We are ashamed as a society and as a country,” PM Modi tweeted in Hindi from the account of Prime Minister’s Office.
Note: We thank The Quint, which first broke this exclusive story. We also thank The Wire, for urging other media platforms to cover this exclusive and monitor the situation for updates. And we urge other media platforms to run The Quint’s story as is.
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(Originally intended as a spoof, the story was updated late evening on Friday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally broke his silence on the Unnao and Kathua rape cases).
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Published: 13 Apr 2018, 11:56 AM IST