Retired Indian Army Major General Sinha has called for rape of Kashmiri women, on live television. Just when you think their bigotry has reached its limit, turns out there’s always someone who makes you question humanity.
Recently, the ex-General SP Sinha was part of a live television program. During the program, despite pleas from the anchor and everyone else to keep his ‘rape advocacy’ to himself, he began shouting ‘rape for rape’ at the top of his lungs.
Retired Indian army Major General SP Sinha calls for rape of kashmiri women on live tv.
Most likely a war criminal. According to 1996 HRW report, india uses rape as a "counter insurgency tactic" to terrorize the populace. #Kashmir https://t.co/ErYU6kJK39 pic.twitter.com/W2i84MjEcf
— Asfandyar Bhittani🇵🇰 (@AsfandBhittani) November 17, 2019
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A video clip of the TV program went viral Sunday night. Netizens could not grasp how ex-General Sinha could blatantly call for rape of Kashmiri women.
https://twitter.com/highway52/status/1196290450639990784
"Rape for rape."
A former Indian army general urges the rape of Muslim women in Kashmir on live TV. pic.twitter.com/1MfiwvaNQy
— CJ Werleman (@cjwerleman) November 17, 2019
https://twitter.com/Lalika79/status/1196264125669806080
Netizens are even calling this the true face of India.
https://twitter.com/HerNameIs_Bea/status/1196078792369946625
https://twitter.com/sandrabi19/status/1196225657694490625
https://twitter.com/UkWass33/status/1196307945082032129
https://twitter.com/Iftikh4rahmad/status/1196306349656809472
https://twitter.com/EjazAkram19/status/1196292339238670336
So no stripping his medals is not enough when General Sinha is a part of the government. This man is a policy-maker in India. His policy for women and Kashmir is clear.
I strongly condemn Retired Major General SP Sinha
His medals, if any ,should be stripped by @adgpi, Army
Veterans need to condemn him @MajChowdhury
Caught on TV: Ex-Army officer wants ‘death for death, rape for rape’ in #Kashmir https://t.co/fbggdr0yIb
— Dr Aliya Aleem (@KASH_EER) November 17, 2019
Then, of course, there were the apologists looking to blame it on anything but the prevalent mindset.
https://twitter.com/ashoswai/status/1196126193742946306
When did @adgpi legitimize RAPE? or is this the view of an Army man after joining @BJP4India ??? https://t.co/QTuISCYux9
— Kavitha Reddy | ಕವಿತಾ ರೆಡ್ಡಿ (@KavithaReddyKR) November 18, 2019
https://twitter.com/tg2024286352/status/1196287510021697537
At this point, it’s not even surprising how the crowd supported General Sinha’s stance. They’ve done it all before.
https://twitter.com/Umeristic/status/1196078377188446208
https://twitter.com/karsabakwaas/status/1196069946561908737
It wasn’t just a statement by ex army general, mass rapes like in Kunan/Poshpora are testament to his words. They’ve used rape as a tool to curb dissent. Thousands of Kashmiri women were raped. Indian forces committed gang-rape of 882 Kashmiri women in 1992 alone. @IfraJan_
— Peer Viqar Ul Aslam (@PeerViqar) November 17, 2019
According to 1996 Human Rights Watch report, India uses rape as a “counter-insurgency tactic” in Indian Occupied Kashmir to terrorize the populace.
The ex-military man has a history of using rape as a ‘strategy. Back in 1991, the then Brigadier Sinha assembled Sikh villagers in a locality, calling for ‘creating a new breed for Punjab’ when the Indian military was crushing the Sikh movement in Punjab
“If any action occurs in this village, every single male is going to be taken out and shot. Then we’re are going to take all the women to our camp and there we’re going to create a new breed for Punjab.”
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Ex-General Sinha is no ordinary war criminal, he has a knack for sexual violence against women. Then again with the Hindutva movement’s open prejudice towards women, this is no surprise. Particularly the Bhartiya Janata Party is known for inviting trolls involved in cyber crimes against women to their social media forums.
I don’t think it’s surprising. Some time back s BJP Member Parliament, a lady, also suggested to exhume bodies of Kashmiri women and rape them. I guess rape is used as a tool of vengeance in Rapestan.