Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Saturday that while the Manipur incident, where three women were paraded naked and one of them was allegedly raped, is unfortunate and condemnable, what happened in West Bengal is even more unfortunate.
"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. A case has been
Amid protests and the political fallout of two viral videos — one from trouble-torn Manipur and another from Malda district in West Bengal — Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Saturday said the two incidents shoudn't be compared as atrocities on women in
Training his guns at Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot led government in Rajasthan, Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday said that the "peaceful and safe state has become number one in terms of crime against women in five years."
The situation in Manipur dominated the proceedings of the second day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which began on Thursday, with the Opposition demanding the Centre to discuss the issue.
Trinamool Congress MLA and West Bengal Women and Child Welfare Development Minister, Shashi Panja, on Saturday voiced concern over the Manipur viral video, asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to clear his stand on the incident.
"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 Ashok Gehlot said while speaking to the
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Women Wing on Friday announced that the party will hold a protest against the Union Government for failing to stop harassment against women in Manipur.
“It was a very sad and unfortunate incident. It fills the heart with pain and sorrow. Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has said and the country also wants that the strict punishment should be given to the accused. CM Biren Singh has expressed his resolve,” CM Chouhan said.
While speaking to ANI, Randeep Surjewala said," BJP led Central government and State government in Manipur have been exposed over the current situation in Manipur. This viral video incident happened on May 14. An FIR was registered on May 18. Viral video surfaced on July 18,19.This shows CM
“This incident in Manipur was a very sad incident and such a scene is a very shameful thing for all of us, such things happen in our country. And we are tolerating and there is a limit to tolerance. Yesterday, the PM also said that action will be taken against such people and we hope that it