Now that the delimitation bill linked with women’s reservation bill failed in the parliament, let us look at data on how BJP performed in 12 years in office:
1. Total reported crimes against women (NCRB): Rose from 213,585 cases in 2010 to 448,211 in 2023 (more than doubled)
2. Reported rape cases (NCRB): Increased from roughly 22,000–24,000 around 2010 to 31,516 in 2022 (and similar in recent years)
3. Kidnapping & abduction of women (NCRB): Increased notably
4. Ratio of women BJP MPs: 31 out of 240 (12.92%). This is out of 74 total women MPs in the 543-member Lok Sabha (overall women representation is 13.6%).
5. Out of a total 72 ministers appointed by BJP, only 7 are women.
6. BJP & NDA alliance have 21 CMs. Only one is a woman.
7. In the WB elections, TMC fielded 52 women out of a total 291 TMC candidates. BJP fielded 33 out of 294. That is 18% by TMC to 11% by BJP.
8. Of the total 1654 MLAs that BJP has, only 164 or 9.9% are women.
9. Of BJPs lawmakers, 5 BJP lawmakers (MPs/MLAs) face rape charges (IPC 376 and related).
10. According to ADR, 54 BJP MPs and MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women.
Show intent. Nominate more ministers. More CMs (with power). Let more women contest elections. Reject any contestant who has a criminal case abusing women. You don’t need a law to respect women, punish abusers, give more tickets to women contestants.
Intent is missing. Integrity is lacking. It is Political posturing. People are wiser. They will see through this…
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The Indigo mess has exposed something ugly — not just in the system, but in us.
1. We are brave only at home. If this crisis had unfolded at Heathrow or JFK, every stranded Indian would have quietly queued up, swallowed the pain, and behaved. But here, we suddenly discover courage in mobs. We are bullies.
2. Our outrage is selective. If Indian Railways cancelled hundreds of trains, it wouldn’t trend for 48 hours. Media doesn’t travel by sleeper class anymore. The railway passenger is reduced to the ‘cattle class’ stereotype. Empathy ends where discomfort begins for elites.
3. Those who failed in Indigo, DGCA, and the government remain unnamed. But the staff at the counters suffer public humiliation. These frontline workers didn’t design the system, didn’t cause the crisis, don’t have real answers nor in control of the situation nor have the solution. Yet they absorb every insult from entitled passengers. They deserve applause, not abuse.
4. Look at airfares during the chaos — Bengaluru return tickets crossed ₹1 lakh. That wasn’t pricing. It was profiteering. When systems collapse, the market becomes a vulture.
5. Before we crucify airlines, can we calculate how much money the government extracts through GST, fuel taxes, airport charges, and regulatory fees — versus what airlines actually retain? If someone did that arithmetic, the narrative would be very different.
This crisis didn’t just show operational failure — it showed who we really are as a society: entitled indoors, submissive abroad, apathetic to the invisible traveller, and blind to structural greed. The only people who walked out with dignity were the lowest-paid employees - the ones we shouted at.