The TMC leader went on a rant saying, 'As long as the Earth exists, there will be rapes.' He went on to say, 'Rapes have happened in the past and will continue to happen.'

It looks like Trinamool Congress (TMC) members cannot fail to create controversies with the latest being West Bengal MLA Deepak Haldar bizarre comments on rape, sparking outrage from across the country.

The TMC leader went on a rant saying, "As long as the Earth exists, there will be rapes." He went on to say, "Rapes have happened in the past and will continue to happen." Haldar has been termed as insensitive for his statement which has invited the ire of the Congress.

Questions have been raised over TMC head Mamata Banerjee's ability to keep a restraint over her party members.

TMC members have made outrageous comments earlier too. Most recently TMC's Tapas Pal had hit the headlines when he had threatened to get the wives and daughters of opposition CPI-M members raped. Pal had said, "Earlier, you guys have bullied me on various occasions. If you insult the mothers and daughters of Trinamool workers. Then I won't spare you. I will let loose my boys in your homes and they will commit rape. I will teach each of you a lesson."