Cutting across party lines all members in Vidhan Sabha expressed concern over the rising atrocities against women and asked the government to deal strictly in this matter.
Members alleged that due to strict law enforced in the country after the December 16 gang rape case, the said law is being misused too. Women Welfare Minister Aruna Kori announced that committees were being set up in the districts and other officials to address the complaints by the women of their harassment. But she could not give the number of harassment cases nor furnish other details.
When Suresh Kumar Khanna (BJP) alleged that in some cases male members are being falsely implicated, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mohammad Azam Khan agreed with him and said such cases should also be looked into. "This is true that in some cases rape laws are being mis-used to settle personal vendetta," he said.