Reiterating that those responsible for horrendous act of outraging modesty of women in Manipur must be dealt with most stringent legal provisions and given the harshest of punishments, Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Sunday urged the Union Home Minister Amit Shah to order a high-level enquiry to ensure justice to all those affected by ongoing violence in the north-eastern state.
Expressing shock and dismay at the prevailing environment of continuous fear and lawlessness, Sandhwan sought removal of Manipur Chief Minister for letting the situation adrift thereby jeopardizing lives of millions of citizens.
“The Chief Minister, who is head of the State, should be held vicariously responsible as he has failed to check this gruesome act of violence against the women who deserve to be respected,” wrote Sandhwan, adding that severe action against the Chief Minister by dismissing his Government will send the right signal.
Regretting the gruesome incident of two women stripped and paraded, he said that it was distressing that in our country where women are respected, we have not been able to protect their dignity. “Any reasonable person can feel the pain these women must have passed through,” Sandhwan further said.
“I am sure you must have been keeping vigil over the incident, but I, with folded hands, seek your help for protection of dignity and respect for those women. They need protection,” the Speaker wrote in his letter to Shah.