Initiate measures for women’s security

, Dec 23, 2012: Strongly condemning the incident of gang rape of the paramedical student, YSR Congress honouray president Smt. Y. S. Vijayamma demanded the Centre to take stringent measures to prevent recurrence of such crimes against women. 

Regretting that the Parliament failed to discus the steps to be taken to prevent growing crime against women, Vijayamma faulted the police and Government for acting rude against the thousands of protestors who turned up voluntarily to express their anger against the ghastly crime. 

“It is a matter of concern that every year 28, 000 women are becoming victims of rape across the country,” she said in a statement.

Recalling Mahatma Gandhi’s words that ‘we attain the real freedom only when lonely women can walk freely anywhere in our country during mid-night’, Vijayamma said the gang rape incident has revealed the degradation of the security for women in the country. 

The Government should explore the reasons for such crimes and take immediate measures to prevent atrocities against women. “It is very unfortunate that there are lobbies among political parties for bringing FDI into the country but no lobby is there to work on behalf of women,” she said. 

Smt. Vijayamma wished speedy recovery of the assaulted victim who has been battling for life in in .