KT Rama Rao asked Prime Minister Modi what he wanted to say in his August 15 speech.
New Delhi:
Citing the release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case in Gujarat, Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao (‘KTR’) today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi if he “really meant to say” what he had to say. about “respecting women” in his Independence Day speech. KTR said in his tweet if he meant it, “I urge you to intervene and rescind the Gujarat government’s waiver”.
Calling out other Opposition parties and human rights activists, KTR called the release “nauseous to put it mildly” and alleged that it went against the orders of the Union Home Office.
“Order” here means recent policy guidelines issued by the Center, said rapists should not be given such relief. But the Gujarat government says it is not technically bound by those guidelines as the Supreme Court has asked them to consider the call for release in this case under their 1992 policy.
Sir, I also ask you to make necessary amendments to Indian Penal Code (IPC) & Criminal Procedure Code (CRPC) so that no Rapist can get bail by judicial authority
Strong legislation is the only way to ensure the Department of Justice can deliver quickly and operate at its best
– KTR (@KTRTRS) August 17, 2022
In a second tweet, KTR – working chairman of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) and son of Minister K Chandrashekar Rao – urged Prime Minister Modi “necessary amendments to the Indian Penal Code are needed”. Degree (IPC) and Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) … so that no rapist can be bailed through the judicial authority “, asking the Prime Minister” to show wisdom for the nation “.
The 11 men served about 15 years in prison – one of the facts the state government has cited to justify their release. “The Supreme Court has directed us to decide according to the 1992 policy, because that was common when the conviction was given in this case in 2008,” Gujarat Home Minister Raj Kumar said, refers to the confession of one of the convicts. rolling. Current state policy, implemented in 2014, does not allow early release for those convicted of both torture and murder. “But the 1992 policy, applied here, is no such exception,” the official said.
However, there are questions about how BJP-run governments – in Gujarat and in Central – can differ fundamentally in how they view rapists, who are also murderers. in this case.
Earlier, Parliament also cited the Prime Minister’s August 15 speech to denounce hypocrisy in the BJP’s stance on women’s safety; as well as others. The BJP has not responded to those allegations so far.
Bilkis Bano was 21 years old – five months pregnant – when she was raped and her three-year-old daughter was killed along with six other family members in Dahod district on March 3, 2002. They hid in a field. , hoping to escape the violence. erupted after the burning of a Sabarmati Express bus that killed 59 ‘kar sevaks’ just days earlier.
In 2019, the Supreme Court even directed the Gujarat government to compensate her Rs 50 lakh, in addition to a house and a job.
Three years later, the convicts were released. They were greeted with sweets outside Godhra prison.
“She’s in acute shock”: Bilkis Bano’s lawyer after releasing 11 rapists https://t.co/b6eOBlTuYN
NDTV’s Mariyam Alavi narrates pic.twitter.com/HG7hD6sJwB
– NDTV (@ndtv) August 17, 2022
Bilkis Bano did not react. Her husband Yakub Rasul says“We were not informed of this… All we wanted to do was pray for peace for the souls of our near and dear ones who lost their lives in the process. violence.”
