New Delhi: After five men were arrested for setting ablaze a gang-rape victim in Unnao, Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan Thursday alleged women are not safe in Uttar Pradesh.
"Where is the safety in Uttar Pradesh? No one is safe. If I tell you the incidents that happen in UP, you will be shocked (Arey Uttar Pradesh mein kaha suraksha hai? Kisi ki suraksha nahi hai. Abhi aapko ghatnaye bataungi UP ki toh aap chaunk jayenge)," Bachchan said outside Parliament.
She said incidents like Unnao and Chitrakoot show the deteriorating law and order situation in the state. On November 2, three men were arrested for allegedly raping a 25-year-old woman while she was on her way to a relative's house. The alleged incident occurred on October 28 but a case was registered only last week, after a video clip of the crime surfaced on social media.
"If I use harsh words, I am told that I should not have said that. Sometimes, I feel that out of anger, I might hit you because you are standing in front of me (Yeh kya ho raha hai? Agar hum bohat sakht shabd use karte hai toh hume kaha jata hai ki aapko yeh nahi bolna chahiye tha…Abhi mujhe aisa lagta hai kahi gusse mein mein, aap log mere saamne khade hai, aapko pakad ke na maar du)," she said.
The Rajya Sabha on Thursday unanimously condemned the incident with chairman M Venkaiah Naidu saying "we must send out a signal" to the entire country that on such incidents, action should be taken promptly, swiftly, adequately so that similar things do not recur.