Congress’s state Mahila Congress president Zainab Chandel on Wednesday claimed women were not safe in the state under BJP rule.
Addressing a public meeting in Shimla ahead of the Assembly elections, on Wednesday, Chandel alleged that criminals have been emboldened on the watch of the BJP government, to the extent that they no longer spare minor girls. Citing a recent case at Kullu in Manali district where a two-year-old girl was allegedly brutalised after being abducted, Chandel said, “There have been similar incidents across the state in the recent past and the police and the administration only remained a mute spectator. It is unfortunate and sad that not a single word on these incidents has been uttered by the state BJP leadership or the central government, which boast of ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’.”
She added that even in the recent incident of a college girl, who was found dead at Rampur in Shimla district, the hands of the administration seem to be tied as no breakthrough has yet been made in connection with the case. “Criminals are committing murders in broad daylight and the police administration does not have a clue. There has been a rise in such incidents across the state and the BJP leaders are tight-lipped about them. Not just in Himachal Pradesh, even in other BJP-ruled states, incidents of crime against women are rising with every passing day,” she added.
