Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde's GOOF UPs!

Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Friday committed yet another gaffe when he named the victims of the Bhandara rape incident in Rajya Sabha which had to be expunged at the intervention of the Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley.

Pointing out the gaffe, Jaitley, a senior lawyer, said as per law the victims of rape, that too minors, are not identified and named and their identity should be kept a secret as per Supreme Court guidelines.

"I am sure it is an oversight. Three minor children are being named in the statement of the Home Minister. What should not have been done, has been done. "Victims named should not have been named. Their names have come out and their identity disclosed. The Home Minister should withdraw his statement and a fresh one be laid in the House," said Jaitley.

This is not the first time that Shinde has landed himself in trouble over his remarks made in Parliament as well as outside. Let's take a look at some instances...

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His taunt against actor-turned politician Jaya Bachchan (Samajwadi Party) during a debate on Assam violence in August last that it was not a subject matter of film had evoked strong condemnation from Opposition members.

After an uproar in the House, Shinde was forced to eat his own words and apologise to Bachchan saying she is his sister.

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The home minister had earlier courted controversy by addressing Pakistani terrorist Hafiz Saeed as "Shri" and faced flak from various quarters.

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Shinde also came under sharp attack from BJP over his recent "Hindu terror" remarks made at the Congress Chintan Shivir at Jaipur and later forced to make a clarification just ahead of the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament.

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The home minister stoked controversy during the protests over the Delhi gangrape incident when he appeared to compare them with Maoists.

"It is very easy to ask the Home Minister to go to India Gate and talk. Tomorrow if any other party's demonstration goes on why should not the Home Minister go there. Tomorrow Congress and BJP will demonstrate, tomorrow Maoists will come here to demonstrate with weapons," he said in various interviews.

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Shinde also remarked recently that the controversy over the coal block allotment will be "forgotten" in the days to come, just like the Bofors and petrol pump distribution scams, saying public memory was short.

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