The incident in Jamui is so horrifying that X is restricting posts containing visuals of the incident - including my own.
But no amount of censorship can hide the reality.
Our society is already deeply entrenched in patriarchy and misogyny. Combine that with a government whose commitment to women goes little beyond lip service, and the result is disastrous.
Had Modi and Shah taken firm and exemplary action against perpetrators of violence against women, they could have established a clear standard of accountability and deterrence. Instead, their repeated political and institutional attempts to shield and reward such perpetrators create the opposite effect:
A climate in which violence against women becomes a state-backed norm.
बिहार के जमुई में छात्रा के साथ शर्मनाक बदसलूकी हुई,
उससे पहले दिल्ली में 17 वर्षीय बेटी का गैंगरेप और हत्या...
ऐसी वारदातें भाजपा के "नारी शक्ति वंदन" और "बेटी बचाओ" के झूठ व परपंच का चीख़-चीख़ कर पर्दाफ़ाश करती हैं।
हमारी माँग स्पष्ट है - दोषियों को कड़ी से कड़ी सज़ा और राज्य सरकारों की जवाबदेही।
Remember -
1. These people have same voting rights as you.
2. They are much more in numbers.
3. They never have paid any income tax in their life.
4. All parties will defend the groups these people belong to and deny crimes against women from these groups.
If by chance you think this is rare in Bihar, you are mistaken. It's not 🚨
One month ago, a lady went to buy some food from a grocery store. A few men misbehaved with her. When she started shouting for help, 8 men surrounded her and started touching her private parts, accusing her of having an extramarital affair with that shopkeeper. They made her walk around 1 Km while touching her.
Two days ago, a headmaster of a government school was arrested for misbehaving with second class students and telling them to sit on his lap one by one.
Now yesterday, these goons harassed a 8th class student just for roaming with her best friend.
A 5 yo, a 14 yo and a 26 year old. None of them was spared. I have no words for the men living in Bihar 🙏
BJP andhbhakts only explode with outrage when it is about shielding Narendra Modi’s mother, and even that is staged, forced, and cynical. These wretched people will weaponize a mother’s name the moment they smell political profit.
Salman Khan will strip, flex, and threaten trolls in defense of his ex, the same ex he once slapped himself. That is the morality on display.
These people go mute the second an actual woman is assaulted in this country.
Recently in Bihar, a minor couple was harassed. Goons dragged the girl toward the jungle, groped her private parts, and assaulted her. How did these cowards get a free pass to put their hands on a woman? Under BJP, this is goon rule.
Did BJP voices rise against it? No.
Did Salman Khan take a stand? No.
BJP has dragged this country into the dirt. And celebrities will not speak against BJP because they are impotent too.
I request all North Indians and South Indians to protect their daughters from the criminals coming from certain places.
Our sisters and daughters are afraid to leave the house because of these people.