ALL INDIA DEMOCRATIC
WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION
NO. 2253- E , SHADI KHAMPUR, NEW RANJIT
NAGAR,
NEW DELHI-110008
PH: 011-25700476, 25709565
Press
Statement
One month after the horrific Delhi
gangrape, the Central and State Governments are yet to learn any lessons. This
is shown by the refusal to pinpoint accountability and responsibility for those
responsible. Top police officials including the Police Commissioner and those
heading the Transport Ministry in Delhi
should have been acted against. Why has the Central Government and the Sheila
Dikshit Government not acted?
While expressing its solidarity with the family and the
friend of the young woman who was also a victim, the AIDWA reiterates its
demand for action against the Police Commissioner and those responsible for the
Transport department in Delhi . It
demands that the Government provide assistance and support for the family now
and in the future and for the friend. The case must be completed speedily and
the criminals brought to justice
Yesterday a delegation of the AIDWA with Brinda Karat and
Jagmati Sangwan met the Home Minister Shri Shinde to press for action from the
Central Government on issues concerning sexual assault. However in spite of all
the high sounding statements from the Central Government the attitude of the
Home Minister did not inspire any confidence of a change in attitude to
understand the urgency of issues involved. The delegation gave a memorandum
(copy enclosed) on rape cases in neighbouring Haryana which cited 11 cases to
illustrate Government attitude. The State Government has utterly failed to take
action against police officials who violated the law, for rehabilitation of the
rape survivors and for fast track courts. Many of the victims themselves were
present.
The Home Minister had no answer as to why there was no
monitoring of the Centre’s rehabilitation proposals to the States or why there
was no funding for such schemes. It is shocking that there is still no urgency
on the part of the Central Government to ensure action to make India
safe for women and children which was exemplified by the attitude of the Home
Minister.
The AIDWA demands that the
Central Government ensure standard operating procedures in cases of sexual
assault which must be followed throughout the country. This must include
inquiry and action against police officials on basis of complaints of victims
that they were further victimized by the police; rehabilitation for survivors;
speedy justice procedures.
Sd/- Sd/-
Sudha Sundar raman Jagmati Sangwan
(General Secretary) (Vice President)
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