Bharatiya Janta Party’s (BJP) youth wing on Monday submitted a memorandum to Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Shivraj Patil demanding setting up of separate women police stations in Chandigarh.
The city Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha (BJYM) requested Patil to take measures to ensure the safety of women in Chandigarh.
The party demanded UT Administration should comply with the directions issued the by Supreme Court in the numerous judgments in letter and spirit by appointing a committee for complaints against sexual harassment cases in Government/private sector.
More female personnel should be appointed in the police department and separate women police stations should be opened in Chandigarh, demanded the party.
“Female police officers must be deployed in civil dress at important places where large number of women/girls gathers everyday. And, an immediate action must be taken on the complaint of eve teasing etc., and the same must be dealt by female police officers only,” requested the party in the memorandum.
Amit Rana, Chandigarh BJYM president said that the condition of women in India has always been a matter of grave concern.
The incident on 16 December, 2012 in the national capital which took the nation by storm had showed, how unsafe is the women in a nation like India where the culture defines them as a Goddess.