45 ladies raped each month in Gujarat: MHA report
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Express News Service
AHMEDABAD: ‘Gujarat is the safest state for women.’ This political declare of the Bharatiya Janata Party throughout Assembly polls, was debunked by the figures offered by the Union Home Ministry within the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
The Union Home Ministry has stated that Gujarat studies on common 45 ladies are raped each month, greater than 6 ladies are attacked with acid, and 260 ladies are murdered in a yr.
According to the report offered by the Union Home Ministry within the Lok Sabha, 2,156 ladies have been raped in Gujarat from 2018 to 2021.
On common, 550 instances of rape of girls are being registered in Gujarat yearly, as of right now, incidents of assault on ladies are additionally growing within the state. Around 3,762 ladies have been assaulted within the final 4 years with a median of 100 ladies attacked each month.
While the Gujarat authorities claims that incidents of acid assaults on ladies in Gujarat are negligible, alternatively, as per the MHA report, statistics a complete of twenty-two instances of acid assaults have been reported in Gujarat from 2018 to 2021. According to those statistics, acid-throwing incidents happen in a median of 6 ladies yearly in Gujarat.
Not solely this, however there has additionally been a rise within the incidents of gang rape within the state yearly. In 2018, there have been 8 incidents of gang rape, whereas within the yr 2021, the incidents of gang rape elevated to 17. A complete of 56 incidents of gang rape have been reported within the final 4 years. Whereas, 260 ladies are killed yearly in Gujarat, debunking the BJP’s claims of Gujarat being the most secure state for girls. Opposition events together with the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party have in unison focused the BJP authorities on the figures offered by the Home Ministry. Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi stated,
“MHA statistics have discredited the claims made by the BJP leaders in the election of a peaceful and safe Gujarat is false propaganda, As Gujarat’s Home Ministry has become an epicenter for corruption, the BJP uses security forces to spy on the Opposition parties and therefore cannot focus on women’s safety. These statistics clearly indicate that women are no longer safe in Gujarat.”
“If the BJP government does not take immediate steps for women’s safety, the Congress will take to the streets to oppose the government for women’s safety.”
Attacking BJP Government AAP Spokes Person Yogesh Jadvani stated, “In the Gujarat elections, most of BJP leaders claimed that women are so safe in Gujarat that they can go out even at two o’clock at night. On the other hand, if you look at the newspapers, news of crimes against women is published daily.” “These are official statistics, there are many cases of crimes against women which are not reported to the police. And crime increases only when the criminals do not fear the police or the law,” he additional stated.
AHMEDABAD: ‘Gujarat is the safest state for women.’ This political declare of the Bharatiya Janata Party throughout Assembly polls, was debunked by the figures offered by the Union Home Ministry within the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
The Union Home Ministry has stated that Gujarat studies on common 45 ladies are raped each month, greater than 6 ladies are attacked with acid, and 260 ladies are murdered in a yr.
According to the report offered by the Union Home Ministry within the Lok Sabha, 2,156 ladies have been raped in Gujarat from 2018 to 2021.
On common, 550 instances of rape of girls are being registered in Gujarat yearly, as of right now, incidents of assault on ladies are additionally growing within the state. Around 3,762 ladies have been assaulted within the final 4 years with a median of 100 ladies attacked each month.
While the Gujarat authorities claims that incidents of acid assaults on ladies in Gujarat are negligible, alternatively, as per the MHA report, statistics a complete of twenty-two instances of acid assaults have been reported in Gujarat from 2018 to 2021. According to those statistics, acid-throwing incidents happen in a median of 6 ladies yearly in Gujarat.
Not solely this, however there has additionally been a rise within the incidents of gang rape within the state yearly. In 2018, there have been 8 incidents of gang rape, whereas within the yr 2021, the incidents of gang rape elevated to 17. A complete of 56 incidents of gang rape have been reported within the final 4 years. Whereas, 260 ladies are killed yearly in Gujarat, debunking the BJP’s claims of Gujarat being the most secure state for girls. Opposition events together with the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party have in unison focused the BJP authorities on the figures offered by the Home Ministry. Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi stated,
“MHA statistics have discredited the claims made by the BJP leaders in the election of a peaceful and safe Gujarat is false propaganda, As Gujarat’s Home Ministry has become an epicenter for corruption, the BJP uses security forces to spy on the Opposition parties and therefore cannot focus on women’s safety. These statistics clearly indicate that women are no longer safe in Gujarat.”
“If the BJP government does not take immediate steps for women’s safety, the Congress will take to the streets to oppose the government for women’s safety.”
Attacking BJP Government AAP Spokes Person Yogesh Jadvani stated, “In the Gujarat elections, most of BJP leaders claimed that women are so safe in Gujarat that they can go out even at two o’clock at night. On the other hand, if you look at the newspapers, news of crimes against women is published daily.” “These are official statistics, there are many cases of crimes against women which are not reported to the police. And crime increases only when the criminals do not fear the police or the law,” he additional stated.
