Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: While the anger and outrage over a woman doctor’s rape and murder at a Kolkata Government hospital continues to keep the medical fraternity as well as citizens agitated nationwide, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 31 reiterated the need and urgency to ensure safety of women, and called for tough laws on crimes against women particularly at the workplace.
PM Modi said that the atrocities against women are a matter of grave concern and there is a need to ensure faster justice in such cases.
“Today, atrocities against women, safety of children are matters of serious concern for society. Many strict laws have been made in the country for the safety of women, but we need to make it more tough and active,” PM Modi said.
“The faster the decisions are taken in cases related to atrocities against women, the greater assurance of safety half the population will get,” said PM Modi, addressing an event on the 75 years of the Supreme Court. Notably, PM Modi, in the last few days, has repeatedly spoken about safeguarding women and also asked state Governments to accord top priority on cases pertaining to girls.
PM Modi’s remarks come a day after West Bengal Chief Minister’s Mamata Banerjee shot a second letter to the Centre, demanding a central legislation and exemplary punishment for heinous crimes like rape and murder.
The Trinamool supremo also alleged that her previous letter to the PM went unanswered on such a sensitive issue.
