{{An Indian MP who threatened to kill opposition workers and have women raped has apologised, saying it was a “gross error of judgement”.}}<\/p>\n
Trinamool Congress (TMC) party MP Tapas Pal said he had “no excuses to offer” for his remarks.<\/p>\n
Mr Pal made the controversial comments warning the rival Communist party while addressing his party supporters.<\/p>\n
Opposition parties and the National Commission for Women have also condemned his comments.<\/p>\n
Mr Pal made the threat weeks ago, but a video clip of his comments emerged for the first time on Monday when it was aired on Bengali news channels.<\/p>\n
In the video, Mr Pal says: “If any CPM [Communist Party of India – Marxist] man is present here, listen to me. If you ever touch any Trinamool Congress worker or their families, you have to pay for this.<\/p>\n
“If any rival touches any Trinamool woman, father or child, then I will ruin their generations. I will let loose my boys, they will commit rape. Yes, they will commit rape,” the MP warned.<\/p>\n
Mr Pal’s statement has led to widespread outrage in India and TMC, which is the ruling party in the eastern state of West Bengal, has distanced itself from his comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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