BRS leader Rama Rao expresses regret over remarks on women commuters in government buses

Hyderabad: BRS Working President K T Rama Rao on Friday expressed regret over his comments on women commuters in state-owned buses.

Rama Rao, while speaking on the Congress government's scheme of free travel for women in RTC buses said his party would have no objection if women took up activities like knitting while travelling in buses.

Why should the BRS object if the women or entire families do work like knitting or "break dance" in buses but his party wants the situation of scuffles breaking out in buses to be avoided, he had said, while speaking at an event here recently.

After his comments came in for sharp criticism from various groups, the BRS leader said he never had the intention to offend "sisters."

"I am sorry if our women sisters were offended by the usual comments made in the party meeting yesterday...I never had the intention to offend my sisters," he said in a social media post.

Taking exception to Rama Rao's comments, Women and Child Welfare Minister D Anasuya had said the BRS leader should apologise to the women of Telangana.