National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson Rekha Sharma wrote to DGP Rajasthan to personally look into the matter and conduct an inquiry into allegations of mistreatment and assault levelled by the widows of Pulwama terror assault martyrs.
“@NCWIndia has taken cognizance. Chairperson @sharmarekha has written to DGP Rajasthan to personally look into the matter and conduct an inquiry into allegations of mistreatment and assault levelled by the women against police officials. Detailed action taken report (ATR) must be apprised to NCW,” National Commission for Women’s offical deal with tweeted on Thursday.
NCW’s response comes within the wake of reports during which widows of martyrs search permission to finish their very own lives.
Protesting widows search permission to finish personal lives
Widows of three CRPF personnel killed within the 2019 Pulwama terror assault accused the Rajasthan authorities of not fulfilling its guarantees made to them and sought permission from Governor Kalraj Mishra to finish their very own lives, the BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Kirodi Lal Meena stated on Saturday (March 4).
Meena has been sitting on a dharna in Jaipur with the members of the family of the martyrs for the previous couple of days.
He together with the wives of the CRPF personnel killed within the Pulwama assault went to Raj Bhawan to hand over a illustration to the governor.
After popping out from Raj Bhawant, they began transferring in direction of the chief minister’s residence and have been stopped by the police.
Meena alleged that police personnel pushed the ladies during which Manju Jat, the widow of Rohitashav Lamba received injured and was admitted to the hospital.
The BJP chief stated that as an alternative of fulfilling the calls for of the households of the martyrs, the state authorities was taking recourse to “dictatorship”. “The police misbehaved with them even when they were protesting at the assembly gate recently,” he alleged.
Meena and the members of the family of the Pulwama terror assault martyrs handed over the illustration in Raj Bhawan during which Manju Jat, Madhubala, Sundari Devi and Renu Singh sought permission for euthanasia.
Rajasthan CM’s response
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday focused the BJP, saying a few of its leaders have been disrespecting the widows of martyrs and utilizing them to achieve political mileage.
This comes a day after family members of three CRPF personnel killed within the 2019 Pulwama terror assault reached Congress chief Sachin Pilot’s residence and demanded a gathering with the occasion excessive command, accusing the state authorities of not fulfilling guarantees made to them.
Without immediately naming BJP Rajya Sabha MP Kirodi Lal Meena, who has been sitting on a ‘dharna’ with the widows of the martyrs, Gehlot stated in an announcement, “Some BJP leaders are disrespecting the wives of the martyrs by using them to gain political mileage. This has never been the tradition of Rajasthan. I condemn it.”
The widows’ calls for embody putting in statues of the slain jawans, giving jobs to their family members on compassionate grounds and development of roads of their villages.
In his assertion, Gehlot stated the widow of Hemraj Meena, who was martyred within the assault, desires a 3rd statue to be put in regardless of two others already put up on the Government College, Sangod, and a park in Vinod Kalan, his native village.
“Such a demand is not appropriate keeping in view other martyr families,” the chief minister stated within the assertion in Hindi. The spouse of Rohitash Lamba is looking for a job for her brother-in-law on compassionate grounds but when the job is given to him, then the members of the family or family members of all widows of martyrs would possibly begin placing undue stress on them.
“Should we create such a difficult situation in front of the wives of martyrs because the rules made at present have been made on the basis of past experiences. How can it be justified to deny the rights of the children of martyrs and give jobs to other relatives? What will happen to the children of martyrs when they become adults,” he requested.
(With PTI enter)
