Women unsafe under coalition rule: MLC Varudu Kalyani

Tadepalli, October 22: MLC and YSRCP Women’s Wing President Varudu Kalyani condemned the attempted sexual assault on a minor Gurukulam student in Tuni, alleging that the accused, a TDP member, is being protected by the ruling coalition. Addressing the media at the party headquarters in Tadepalli, she said political pressure from ruling leaders has stalled police action, while a counter-case was shockingly filed against the person who caught the culprit.

She noted that police even threatened to book a POCSO case against the whistleblower, exposing the extent of misuse of power. Kalyani also referred to a similar rape incident involving a minor hostel student in Rajahmundry, lamenting that such crimes have risen drastically under the coalition government, with 70–80 incidents against women and girls reported daily.

“It is shameful that in a state with a woman Home Minister, women have no safety,” she said, adding that Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan’s own district has now become the symbol of lawlessness.

Recalling the YS Jagan government’s commitment to women’s protection, she highlighted that over 1.3 crore women used the Disha App, 18 Disha Police Stations were established, and the Disha Act was enacted for swift justice. “All those safeguards have now been dismantled, leaving women vulnerable,” she asserted.

Kalyani demanded immediate arrest of the accused in Tuni and Rajahmundry and urged public outrage against the moral collapse and political shielding of offenders under the present regime.