Kolkata rape-murder, President said- enough is enough: I am disappointed and scared, forgetting such incidents is a bad habit of society

20 days after the rape-murder case of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, President Draupadi Murmu’s first statement has come. She said, “I am disappointed and scared about the incident. Enough is enough now. Society has a bad habit of forgetting such incidents.” President Murmu had written an article titled ‘Women’s Safety: Enough is Enough’, on which she discussed with the editors of PTI on Tuesday (27 August). She said that no civilized society can allow such atrocities on its daughters and sisters. A 31-year-old trainee doctor was raped and murdered on the night of 8-9 August at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Her body was found in the seminar hall. Her neck was broken. Blood was flowing from her mouth, eyes and private parts. Read the highlights of President Draupadi Murmu’s article…
The President wrote – The country is shocked by the incident of rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata. When I heard about it, I was disappointed and scared. What is more saddening is that this incident is not an isolated incident. It is a part of the crime against women. While students, doctors and citizens were protesting in Kolkata, the criminals were looking for victims in other places. The victims included even kindergarten girls. No civilized society can allow such atrocities on its daughters and sisters. The anger of the people of the country is justified, I am also angry. The President said – Society will have to look inside itself and ask difficult questions. Last year, on the occasion of Women’s Day, I shared my thoughts and hopes through a newspaper article. I am positive about our past achievements in empowering women. I consider myself an example of this wonderful journey of women empowerment in India, but whenever I hear about crimes against women in any corner of the country, I feel deeply pained. I met school children on Raksha Bandhan. They asked me if we could assure them that cases like Nirbhaya will not happen now. I told them that it is the nation’s responsibility to protect every citizen, but at the same time it is important for everyone, especially girls, to take training in self-defense and martial arts so that they can become more powerful. But this is not a guarantee of women’s safety, because women’s safety is affected by many reasons. Obviously, the complete answer to this question can only come from our society. Society needs to do self-analysis with honesty, fairness. Society will have to look inside itself and ask difficult questions. Where did we go wrong? What can we do to correct these mistakes? Without finding answers to these questions, half the population will not be able to live as freely as the other half. Murmu said – Women fought a long battle to get their share of rights. Our Constitution gave equal rights to all people, including women, when it was just a fantasy in many parts of the world. After this, the nation created institutions that could implement this equality wherever it was needed and promote it through many schemes and initiatives. Civil society also came forward and helped the nation’s efforts in this direction. Visionary leaders promoted gender equality in every sphere of society. Eventually, due to many wonderful and fighting women, it became possible for less fortunate women to take advantage of this social revolution. This has been the story of women empowerment. Draupadi Murmu said – People consider women as objects of consumption
But there have been no less obstacles in the way of women empowerment. Women have fought to win every inch of land. Social perceptions and many traditions and customs have prevented women’s rights from growing. This is a poor thinking that underestimates women. I would not call this thinking a man’s thinking because it has nothing to do with the person’s gender. There are many men who do not have such a poor thinking. People who have this thinking consider women inferior to themselves. They see women as less powerful, less capable, less intelligent. Those who have such thoughts see women as commodities. He said that some people see women as objects of consumption. This is the reason for the increasing crimes against women. This thinking about women has become deep-rooted in the minds of such people. The sad thing is that this is not only in India, but it is the same all over the world. It is just that such crimes are more in some places, less in others. It is the duty of the nation and society to stand against this thinking. In India, the nation and society have been working together in this direction for many years. Laws have been made to stop rape and social campaigns have also been run. However, still something or the other comes in our way and troubles us. The President said – We have to remember our history, so that mistakes are not repeated. In December 2012, a girl was gang-raped and murdered. People were angry and shocked. We had decided that we will not let such an incident happen with another Nirbhaya. The society, enraged by the Nirbhaya incident, made many plans and strategies and these efforts did make some difference, but our work will remain incomplete as long as even a single woman feels unsafe in her living or working place. But it has been 12 years since then and in the meantime, countless such incidents have happened, but only a few incidents have come to the attention of the country. These too were soon forgotten. Have we learned our lesson? As soon as the social protest ended, these incidents also got buried in the deep corner of the society’s memory. Which comes to the fore only when another such heinous crime occurs. This disease of collective amnesia is even more disgusting than the bad thinking against women. History often hurts. Only the society that is afraid to face history resorts to forgetting things. The society hides its head in the sand like an ostrich. Now the time has come for India to fully face its history. We should not forget such crimes. We need to face this criminal thinking together, so that it can be nipped in the bud. We will be able to do this only when we respect the memory of the victims. Society should create a culture of remembering the victims so that we remember where we went wrong and by remembering this we remain alert in the future. It is our responsibility towards our girls that we remove obstacles from their path and help them get freedom. Only then will we be able to give a concrete answer to the innocent questions asked by children on Rakshabandhan. We have to say together – enough is enough. Read these news too… Kolkata rape-murder case: BJP’s Bengal bandh, firing on BJP leader’s car, bombs thrown BJP has called for a 12-hour Bengal bandh on Wednesday (August 28), a day after the protest march of student organizations in the rape-murder case of a trainee doctor. During the bandh, clashes broke out between police and BJP supporters in many districts. Many leaders and workers have been detained. Firing took place on the car of BJP leader Priyangu Pandey in Bhatpara of North 24 Parganas district. Priyangu told that around 50-60 people of TMC attacked. 6-7 rounds of firing were done on the vehicle and bombs were thrown. Two people including the driver have been shot. One is serious. Read every update of Bengal Bandh… Kolkata rape-murder case, Center wrote letter to Chief Secretaries-DG: Asked to control night patrolling and access of people in the hospital. Protests are going on across the country regarding the RG rape-murder of Kolkata. Now the central government has written a letter to the Chief Secretaries and Police Chief (DGP) of all the states. It has said that there is a need to control night patrolling and access of people in the hospital. Union Health Secretary Apurva Chandra has written a letter to the top officials of the states on August 23. In this, concern has been raised about violence in medical institutions across the country and the Kolkata rape-murder case. Read the full news here…