Never intended to humiliate women: KTR apologises over his ‘break dance’ remarks against women passengers

Hyderabad: BRS Workers President and former Minister K T Rama Rao (KTR) on Friday issued an apology over his "break dance" remark directed at women passengers in RTC buses.

Taking to X, KTR apologised stating, "I am sorry if our women sisters were offended by the usual comments made in the party meeting yesterday." "I never meant to offend my sisters," he said.

KTR’s apology came after Telangana Women’s Commission ordered an inquiry into his comments.

On microblogging platform ‘X’, Commission Chairperson N.Sharada said that KTR’s comments humiliate the women of Telangana.

What did he say?

Addressing a gathering at the BRS office in Hyderabad on Thursday, 15 August, KTR tried to counter state Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister Danasari Anasuya aka Seethakka’s previous comments that there was nothing wrong in women travelling in buses chose to keep themselves busy peeling garlic, or with other activities.

KTR said: “We have no objection to what the women do. We never said peeling garlic or cleaning ginger is wrong. It is just that we did not know that buses were for these purposes.”

He added: “All we are saying is introduce more buses, have one bus for one passenger if you wish. Let entire families travel together, let them knit, weave, and if they wish, let them do break dances, recording… All we said was folks were tearing at each other’s hair fighting for seats, which was not the case when KCR was in power.”