Udupi: Udupi-Chikmagalur MP Shobha Karandlaje has accused the State government as futile with anti-women approach.
Speaking to media persons here on Tuesday, the MP said the increasing number of violence against women in the State has not bothered the Congress administrators. She had raised some 20 questions in Parliament in connection with the atrocities taking place against women in the State, following which Union Women and Child Minister Maneka Gandhi has sought a clarification from the State government.
The MP said she has spoken to the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh over the deteriorating law and order mechanism in the State. The Congress leaders in the government have been pressurizing the police department and are making the system unproductive. The police department in State has become impotent and the officers are being forced to act according to the direction of the Congress leaders. The department is mislead, Karandlaje alleged.
Coming down heavily on Chief Minister and Home Minister, the MP slammed the present government as the most worthless one Karnataka has ever seen. She said the CM who was responsible to clarify the allegation against him over the denotification of land, reverted to his usual arrogance and influenced the postponement of the session of the assembly.
Ordering a judicial probe into the denotification scam is another blunder by the Congress government, in order to divert the attention of the public on the issue, she alleged.
The MP said that as a reply to her letter demanding the invoking of the 2013 Criminal Law (Amendment) 2013 in the State to make it more effective and stronger, the Home Minister said that the demand would be considered only if a need arises.
Karandlaje ridiculed that even after reporting 55 sexual assault incidents in a short span of 15 days in the State, the Home Minister is unaware about the severity of the situation.
He considers the present situation ‘not so severe’ and alarming to introduce the Criminal Law that was amended in the aftermath of Delhi rape case. The government is heartless and non-responsive towards the increasing atrocities against women reported everyday.
Ratna Kotari case
The MP alleged that the police department is unable to find out the culprits involved in Ratna Kotari case. The Congress government has instructed the police department to remain inactive in order to protect the people involved in the case, the MP?alleged. The mysterious death of Ratna Kotari raises several questions. This also signifies that there is a network system involved in women trafficking.
The MP said a delegation of the coffee planters in Chikmagalur and fishermen in Udupi will visit the Union Commerce and Agricultural Ministers on July 30 and August 1 respectively. Plans have been chalked out to set up a Kendriya Vidyalaya in Udupi to enable the poor children to procure CBSE education by paying Rs 300 per year.
The project is in the process to identify the land. She said she has spoken to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari over the delayed NH road widening process. She assured that the issue pertaining to low quality facilities in the hostels across the State will be taken up with the State government.
