INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: The horrific incident in Manipur, where two tribal women were paraded naked, has sparked huge outrage across the country, leading
to a heated political confrontation between the ruling BJP and opposition parties.The two women are alleged to have been sexually assaulted
before being set free by a mob
A 26-second video of the incident surfaced on Wednesday.The BJP on Saturday took potshots at Congress a day after Rajasthan chief minister
Ashok Gehlot sacked Rajendra Gudha as minister of state after he criticised his own government over the crimes against women in the
state."The way we have failed to provide security to women in Rajasthan and atrocities on women have increased, instead of raising the issue
of Manipur, we should introspect," Gudha had said in the assembly.'Long list of heinous crimes against women in Rajasthan, Bengal, Bihar but
opposition playing politics over Manipur'Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters, minister for information and broadcasting
Anurag Thakur referred to some cases of crime against women registered in Rajasthan, Bihar and West Bengal to hit out at opposition
parties."The incidents of crime against women have increased in some states of the country and no action was taken against this in several
What happened in Begusarai is in front of us, but CM Nitish Kumar did not speak a single word about this
Rajasthan has become the number one state in crime against women
A total of 1.09 lakhs incidents of crime against women in the state in last 4 years and 22% rape cases in India are from Rajasthan," Thakur
said.On the sacking of a Rajasthan minister Rajendra Gudha, he said that on the instructions of Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul
Gandhi, chief minister Ashok Gehlot sacked the minister for expressing concern over crimes against women in the state.Rajasthan CM Gehlot
says PM Modi visiting poll-bound states but not ManipurGehlot launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of
refraining from visiting violence-hit Manipur."For the first time, I have seen that a Prime Minister is visiting Karnataka, Rajasthan and
other places for elections, but not Manipur
It is his government in Manipur, just imagine what would he have said if it was a Congress government there," CM Gehlot said while speaking
to the media at his residence in Jaipur.The Senior Congress leader also criticised PM Modi for allegedly making a reference to incidents in
Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh while commenting on a video of women being paraded naked and molested in Manipur and said that Modi's remark
has hurt the sentiments of Rajasthan."The way Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the CMs of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh should take care
of the law and order situation in their state, it has hurt the sentiments of Rajasthan," Gehlot said.'Two women stripped, beaten in Bengal's
today took to Twitter to post a purported video, that has surfaced on social media, of the incident, which he claimed took place on July 19
Two Tribal women were stripped naked, tortured and beaten mercilessly, while police remained a mute spectator in Pakua Hat area of Bamangola
was needlessly politicising the issue and the women were caught stealing, which prompted outraged by the locals.Women and child development
minister of West Bengal Shashi Panja said, "There is absolutely no need to politicise the Malda incident
It was a case of theft, where the two ladies tried to steal something from the market
A group of women tried to take law and order into their hands and started beating them
However, the police reached the spot
on Manipur violence, MPs of various opposition parties have planned a protest on Monday near Mahatma Gandhi's statue in the Parliament
complex to press for the prime minister's statement on the issue in both houses.After the meeting at 10 AM on Monday, July 24, the leaders
will hold a protest near the Gandhi statue before entering both houses.The government has accused the opposition of running away from a
debate on the all-important issue and has questioned their seriousness towards it.
