In democratic India, a rape happens in every 21 minutes but A minister from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party has said rapes happen “accidentally” in the latest controversial remarks by a politician, amid renewed outrage over attacks against women.

Another minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, father of Akhilesh Yadav and head of the ruling party of Uttar Pradesh during election campaign had criticized death penalty for rape. In a political rally he said, Boys commit mistakes but that doesn’t mean they should be hanged.