YSRCP chief and former Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy alleged that there was a pointy rise in crimes in opposition to girls in Andhra Pradesh for the reason that TDP-led NDA authorities assumed energy earlier this 12 months. Throughout a go to to Guntur, Reddy criticised the state administration, accusing it of failing to guard girls and youngsters, resulting in a number of situations of violence.
Addressing reporters after assembly the household of a sufferer, Jagan, as per PTI alleged, “Atrocities in opposition to girls and youngsters have elevated drastically inside 4 months of the brand new authorities.”
Jagan described the small print of the current loss of life of 25-year-old lady in Guntur. He alleged, “…When her physique was delivered to the hospital, she was bodily abused and sexually abused. In that individual stage, whereas she was mind lifeless, she was delivered to the hospital, thrown within the hospital and other people left…Their proximity to Chandrababu Naidu and the present Central Authorities minister is clear.”
Jagan accused the federal government of failing to deal with these critical points and referred to as out the dearth of accountability. He alleged that round 77 comparable circumstances have occurred in simply 4.5 months, with 5 victims taking their very own lives and 7 succumbing to their accidents.
He stated: “Why is it that the Authorities has not come ahead, apologised to the mom, to her sister? Why has the Authorities not taken stern motion? Relatively than doing that, why is the Authorities attempting to cowl up for each sexual act?. Individuals who did this are none aside from TDP activists…Why has no motion been taken?…Not one however 77 such incidents occurred through the course of those 4.5 months, 5 of them have dedicated suicide and seven of them have died…That is the regime of Chandrababu Naidu Authorities…”
Additional, the previous CM identified the success of the Disha app, a girls’s security initiative launched throughout his tenure. He said that over 1.5 crore girls downloaded the app, which offered emergency police help inside 10 minutes when the SOS alert was triggered. “Below our authorities, the Disha app alone saved over 31,000 girls from harmful conditions,” Jagan stated, including that the app was rendered non-functional below the brand new regime.
#WATCH | Vijayawada: Former Andhra Pradesh CM and YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy met households of ladies who’re victims of sexual harassment and assault.
After assembly one of many households, he says, “…When her physique was delivered to the hospital, she was bodily abused and… pic.twitter.com/wKDeXZXalz
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Reddy held the present administration, together with Residence Minister Vangalapudi Anitha, accountable for the app’s decline. He accused Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and IT Minister Nara Lokesh of not directly encouraging these crimes. “It looks as if there’s an try to cowl up each incident, defending these accountable as a substitute of punishing them,” Reddy alleged.