Congress slams Modi Government over women’s safety citing NCRB data

The Congress connected Thursday (May 8, 2026) sharpened its onslaught connected the Narendra Modi Government implicit women’s information and rising transgression against susceptible sections, with enactment president Mallikarjun Kharge alleging that 12 years of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regularisation had exposed the “hollowness” of the Centre’s claims connected instrumentality and order, and women’s safety.

In a station connected X, Mr. Kharge said that the government’s communicative connected women’s information was contradicted by authoritative data. Citing the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 2024 report, the Congress main said crimes against women had risen by 42.6% since 2013. Referring to the aforesaid information set, helium said crimes against children had gone up by 204.6%, atrocities against Dalits by 41.3%, and crimes against Adivasis by 46.7%.

He said the NCRB information pointed retired that cybercrime had surged by 1,689% and 10,546 farmers, 52,931 regular wage labourers and 14,488 students died successful 2024.

“Twelve years of the Modi Government person exposed the hollowness of its claims connected instrumentality and bid and women’s safety,” Mr. Kharge said, adding that the “truth” was present earlier the country.

The remarks came arsenic the NCRB’s 2024 study recorded an summation successful cases involving juveniles successful struggle with the instrumentality and crimes against elder citizens. A full of 34,878 cases were registered against juveniles successful 2024, an summation of 11.2% implicit the erstwhile year, portion crimes against elder citizens roseate by 16.9% to 32,602 cases.

Separately, All India Mahila Congress president Alka Lamba accused the BJP of utilizing ‘Beti Bachao’ and ‘Nari Vandan’ simply arsenic governmental slogans portion failing to guarantee justness for women.

Addressing a property conference, Ms. Lamba cited NCRB figures and said that 42,85,888 cases of crimes against women were registered betwixt 2014 and 2024 during the Modi Government’s tenure.

“These are not conscionable statistics, but much than 42 lakh women and girls struggling for justice,” she said, alleging that yearly crimes against women roseate from 3.4 lakh successful 2014 to astir 4.42 lakh successful 2024.

Ms. Lamba said that the BJP Governments were shielding the accused alternatively of punishing them, and referred to cases successful Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Bihar to impeach the ruling enactment of protecting influential leaders.

She demanded that NCRB information connected crimes against women beryllium discussed during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, and sought details connected the fig of victims who had received justness and convictions secured under the POCSO Act.