In an interview with Mirror Now, former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit commented that the Delhi gangrape was ‘blown out of proportion’ by the media. The government at the Centre was one led by Congress in 2012, the party Dikshit hails from. Dikshit sought to explain her comments by pointing out that all rapes, including rape of children, doesn’t get the same kind of attention that the gangrape in Delhi did at that time. In saying that, she trivialised the massive protests that ultimately compelled the political class to act to the rape laws and make them stronger. Dikshit is contesting from North East Delhi in the elections this year.

Source: Huffington Post May 04, 2019 12:11 UTC