K’taka speaker compares himself to rape survivor

BENGALURU: Karnataka assembly speaker Ramesh Kumar Tuesday compared himself to a rape survivor having to undergo repeated questioning as he referred to repeated charges against him for being part of the controversial audio tapes.The speaker made the intervention during the discussions in the assembly over the SIT probe into an audio clip showing BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa in a purported conversation to lure a JD(S) MLA in his alleged attempt to topple the Congress-JDS government.