Manipur horrific video: BJP targets opposition, says, ‘crime against women increasing in other states’

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crime against women days after the saffron party received massive backlash for remaining silent on the Manipur situation, where the party is in power at present. A video of two women being paraded naked and sexually assaulted in Manipur surfaced online this week which has jolted the country. The conflict in Manipur erupted in May this year and since then opposition parties have regularly slammed the Centre-run BJP for remaining silent on such a critical issue.

The opposition has specifically targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for speaking only for around 30 seconds on the prolonged ethnic conflict after the ghastly video was out on Wednesday. While several union cabinet ministers finally broke the silence and spoke on the issues, they have now begun to highlight the sexual assault cases against women in "other states", ruled by the opposition parties such as West Bengal, Rajasthan, and Bihar. Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday said, " "The incidents of crime against women have increased in some states of the country and no action was taken against this in several states.

What happened in Begusarai is in front of us, but CM Nitish Kumar did not speak a single word about this. Rajasthan has become the number one state in crime against women. A total of 1.09 laks incidents of crime against women in the state in the last 4 years and 22% rape cases in India are from Rajasthan.

Instead of taking any steps against the criminals. CM Ashok Gehlot sacked one of his ministers Rajendra Gudha for raising his voice against atrocities on women in the state". Strucking a similar tone, Minister of Minority Affairs Smriti Irani said, "What is extremely alarming is that yesterday, from the state of Rajasthan, a minister