‘TN very democratic and safe for women’
7 Aug 2014 6:26 AM IST
Asserting that her state police force was on duty round the clock and was hard on complaints of crime, especially against women, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday contended that the state was most safe for women in the country.
Replying to DMDK whip VC Chandra Kumar during a debate on the grant for police department, Jayalalithaa said crimes against women were gradually decreasing in the state from 2011, when she took over as the chief minister.
While there were 165 dowry deaths reported in 2010, it reduced to 118 in 2013, marking a decline of 28.48 per cent, sexual assaults have also decreased, she said. In 2010, the cases of sexual assaults were 638 and in 2013, it was 313, making a 51 per cent decrease.
When pointed out by Kumar that Tamil Nadu witnessed 12,232 protests in 2012, according to an annual report released by Bureau of Police Research and Development, which also constituted 25 per cent of the total protests held across the country, Jayalalithaa said ‘it is only because protests are allowed to be held in the democratic way, a large number of protests have happened.’
‘States like West Bengal and MP do not allow protests easily. In 2012, only 781 and 1,901 protests were allowed to be held by Kerala and WB respectively,’ she said.
Replying to DMDK whip VC Chandra Kumar during a debate on the grant for police department, Jayalalithaa said crimes against women were gradually decreasing in the state from 2011, when she took over as the chief minister.
While there were 165 dowry deaths reported in 2010, it reduced to 118 in 2013, marking a decline of 28.48 per cent, sexual assaults have also decreased, she said. In 2010, the cases of sexual assaults were 638 and in 2013, it was 313, making a 51 per cent decrease.
When pointed out by Kumar that Tamil Nadu witnessed 12,232 protests in 2012, according to an annual report released by Bureau of Police Research and Development, which also constituted 25 per cent of the total protests held across the country, Jayalalithaa said ‘it is only because protests are allowed to be held in the democratic way, a large number of protests have happened.’
‘States like West Bengal and MP do not allow protests easily. In 2012, only 781 and 1,901 protests were allowed to be held by Kerala and WB respectively,’ she said.
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