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Leader of the Opposition (LoP) successful the Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav connected Tuesday released a database of 50 incidents of crimes against women reported successful the State wrong 1 period since Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) person Samrat Choudhary took oath arsenic Chief Minister connected April 15.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) person alleged that determination has been an “alarming rise” successful crimes against women successful Bihar and charged the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) authorities successful the State with “failing to guarantee their safety”.
‘Daughters unsafe’
Addressing reporters astatine his authoritative residence successful Patna, Mr. Yadav said nether the regularisation of the “new emperor [Samrat Choudhary] of Bihar”, mothers, sisters, and daughters are unsafe.
Providing a chronological relationship of incidents that took spot against women from April 15 to May 15, helium said not a azygous time goes by successful Bihar without incidents of murder, rape, molestation, oregon different crimes against women.
The LoP clarified that the details of the incidents helium was presenting were reports published successful assorted newspapers. He urged the radical of Bihar to basal up, instrumentality a steadfast stance connected specified matters, and clasp the authorities accountable by demanding answers.
Accompanied by women legislators Urmila Thakur, Anita Devi, Munni Rajak, and Karishma Rai, the RJD person besides questioned the NDA government’s assertion of ensuring women’s empowerment.
‘Politics of tokenism’
He said not lone the information of women but besides their wellness has been compromised successful Bihar, with 65% of women suffering from anaemia. “Women are not adjacent being provided with nutritious food. In the sanction of women’s empowerment, radical successful powerfulness are simply engaging successful eyewash and practising a authorities of tokenism,” helium said.
“This authorities lured women voters by transferring ₹10,000 into their slope accounts days earlier the Assembly canvass successful Bihar. They were promised further instalments of ₹2 lakh aft the elections, with assurances that wrong six months the remaining magnitude would beryllium credited to their accounts. Six months person passed but wherever is the 2nd instalment?” Mr. Yadav added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana and transferred ₹10,000 each to the slope accounts of 75 lakh women successful September 2025.
The LoP alleged that the authorities is making lofty announcements, yet thing is being implemented connected the ground.
