NDTV, New Delhi :
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said it was not his intention to be insensitive when he talked about “one small incident of rape” costing India billions in tourism, a comment that has sparked massive outrage.
Many interpreted it as the minister’s insensitive descriptor for the 2012 Delhi gang-rape, which scarred India and was condemned worldwide.
Today, Mr Jaitley said he never talked about any specific incident. “I regret that some word that I used was construed as insensitive, that was never my intention. I have been always been very outspoken about issues relating to crime against women. I am very sensitive to these issues myself,” said the 61-year-old, one of the senior most ministers in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
