Hyderabad, May 12 -- Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President Mahesh Kumar Goud on Tuesday, May 12, issued a statement on behalf of his party saying that Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar's comments on the POCSO case against Bandi Bageerath were strictly his personal views and do not represent the official stand of the Congress party or the Telangana government.

Prabhakar had reportedly made suggestions that since Bageerath and the victim belong to the same community, get married.

Congress has distanced itself from the minister's remarks, clarifying "entirely his personal view." They stated that the party takes the safety and protection of women and children with utmost seriousness and rejects any suggestion that such all...