Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said it was not his intention to be insensitive when he talked about "one small incident of rape" costing India billions in tourism, a comment that has sparked massive outrage.<br /><br />"One small incident of rape in Delhi advertised world over is enough to cost us billions of dollars in terms of global tourism," Mr Jaitley said at a tourism ministers' conference on Thursday. (Watch video)<br /><br />Many interpreted it as the minister's insensitive descriptor for the 2012 Delhi gang-rape, which scarred India and was condemned worldwide.<br /><br />Today, Mr Jaitley said he never talked about any specific incident. "I regret that some word that I used was construed as insensitive, that was never my intention. I have been always been very outspoken about issues relating to crime against women. I am very sensitive to these issues myself," said the 61-year-old, one of the senior most ministers in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.<br /><br />On December 16, 2012, a 23-year-old physiotherapy student was assaulted on a moving bus by six men who gang-raped her and tortured her with an iron rod. The woman, who came to be known as "Nirbhaya" (the courageous one), died of horrific injuries a fortnight later, leaving a nation angry and precipitating big changes in law.<br /><br />The woman's mother said she was "hurt" by Mr Jaitley's comments.<br /><br /><br /><br />For More information on this news visit: http://www.itvnewsindia.com/<br />For More information on this news, visit: http://www.itvnewsindia.com/hindi<br />Connect with us on Social platform at: http://www.facebook.com/InformationTV<br />Subscribe to our You Tube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/itvnewsindia
