Kerala minister's brainwave to reduce rape: Let men be farmers and women discard their phones

“A farmer seldom get time to abuse women...he does not have the time, because he will be busy with farming,” minister G Sudhakaran said.

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In yet another statement which is bound to embarrass the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in Kerala, the Minister for Public Works G Sudhakaran said on Saturday that there was a link between farming and the number of rape cases in the state.

Inaugurating an office building in Alappuzha, the minister said that the number of rape cases would come down if more men were to engage in farming and women were not so "obsessed" with their mobile phones.

“Farmers seldom get time to abuse women...he does not have the time, because he will be busy with farming,” the minister was quoted as saying.