Women are victims of wrong social mindset: L-G
20 Feb 2013 5:57 AM IST
The Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi Tejender Khanna on Tuesday, while inaugurating the annual inter-college festival LEHREN in Kalindi college, said, ‘The greatest wealth of India are not our minerals resources, banks balances, foreign exchange earnings but the women folk of this country. The depth, the intelligence, the dedication to value system, capacity for hard work, tolerance which is their commitment, to family solidarity and cohesion,which is present among Indian women, is not paralleled anywhere else in the world.’
Khanna further said our nation has been unfortunately labouring under a very wrong social mindset over the years, discriminating against girl child and women. ‘We have seen many examples of this in the gender imbalances in the Indian population,’ he said. He further stated that the 16 December gang rape was a matter of shame.
‘But my feeling is that the national consciousness has now changed irrevocably and the nation stands united in its solidarity and its commitment that they will not allow this continuous discrimination, violence, aggression and improper conduct towards women folk any longer.’
According to him, the 161 police stations in Delhi will have a women’s help desk for enabling women to come and record their complaints unobtrusively. In January alone 6,000 complaints were registered by women, he said.
He further stated that if any police official on duty or otherwise speaks in an insulting and undignified manner to any woman on the street, in the police station or elsewhere, it will be regarded as a sufficient ground for severe disciplinary action, if not removal from service.
Khanna further said our nation has been unfortunately labouring under a very wrong social mindset over the years, discriminating against girl child and women. ‘We have seen many examples of this in the gender imbalances in the Indian population,’ he said. He further stated that the 16 December gang rape was a matter of shame.
‘But my feeling is that the national consciousness has now changed irrevocably and the nation stands united in its solidarity and its commitment that they will not allow this continuous discrimination, violence, aggression and improper conduct towards women folk any longer.’
According to him, the 161 police stations in Delhi will have a women’s help desk for enabling women to come and record their complaints unobtrusively. In January alone 6,000 complaints were registered by women, he said.
He further stated that if any police official on duty or otherwise speaks in an insulting and undignified manner to any woman on the street, in the police station or elsewhere, it will be regarded as a sufficient ground for severe disciplinary action, if not removal from service.
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