印度議員大談“女人不該用手機”大綱

Girls should be banned from owning mobile phones to stop them eloping, an Indian MP has said.

His comments come amid growing fears of 'talibanisation' in parts of Northern India, where social conservatism in both Hindu and Muslim communities has been blamed for honour killings, kidnappings to enforce child marriages, and a rash of controversial fatwas and village council rulings. Earlier this month a feudal leader said child marriage should be encouraged to halt an increase in rapes.

One ruling sought to ban 'love marriages' as immoral while others tried to stop women from leaving their homes.

In a televised speech in Muzzafarnagar, Rajpal Singh Saini told his audience of a father who had sought his help when his daughter eloped.

"I asked him if he had given a mobile phone to his daughter. The person said yes," he said.

"Don't give mobile phones to children, especially girls. I say this at all the places where I make my speeches. And if any of those kids have a mobile, take it away. What are they missing anyway our mothers, sisters, did they die without mobiles during their time?" he asked.

The MP, who serves in India's upper house, later denied his televised remarks and said they had been misinterpreted by his opponents.印度一位國會議員說，女孩不應該使用手機，以免她們私奔。

印度北部部分地區出現的“塔利班化”引發了人們的擔憂。當地印度教和穆斯林社區都存在保守主義，這也造成了當地存在“榮譽謀殺”、誘拐並強迫童婚、多起有爭議的裁決、以及村務統治的狀況。本月早些時候，當地一位官員說，應該鼓勵童婚，因爲這可以使強姦案不再增加。

還有官員想禁止“戀愛結婚”，將此歸入不道德行爲。也有人想禁止女性離家。

議員拉帕•辛格•賽伊尼日前在穆扎法爾訥格爾發表了一次電視講話。當時觀衆中有一位父親爲女兒私奔尋求他的幫助。

他說：“我問他是否讓女兒用手機，他回答說是。”

“不要給孩子用手機，尤其是女孩。我到哪裏講話都要這麼說。如果哪個孩子有了手機，就把它拿走。沒有手機她們也不會失去什麼，我們的媽媽和姐妹原來都沒有手機，她們也都活得好好的。”

這位國會議員來自印度上議院，稍後他否認自己在電視講話中發表過上述言論，說自己的發言被對手曲解了。