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The AAP on Sunday attacked the BJP for their “double-speak” on the issue of women’s security. Pointing to the recent remarks made by BJP leaders on women, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal alleged that a party with “such a mentality could not provide security to women”.
“For the BJP, women’s security are just words, for the AAP, it is a mission,” Kejriwal said.
Criticising the BJP for remarks that each woman should produce four children, the AAP leader said that a party which fielded candidates facing rape charges had a clear “anti-women” mindset.
“The BJP’s model of women’s safety is to lock them up within four walls and not let them wear jeans or use mobile phones. The AAP model is one of freedom. Our model is to create an environment of safety through strong deterrence by installing CCTV cameras in all of Delhi.
The AAP wants women and men to have equal rights,” he said.
Citing figures from the Delhi Police Statistics Report, the former Delhi chief minister said the number of rape cases in the capital had gone up by 30 per cent.
“In 2013, there were 1,571 cases of rape in Delhi. This increased to 2,069 in 2014. The number of molestation cases were 3,345 in 2013 and 4,179 in 2014,” he said.
Elaborating on AAP’s model for women’s security, Kejriwal said around 10-15 lakh CCTV cameras would be installed in the city. He also questioned the Centre’s decision to remove CCTV cameras installed during US President Barack Obama’s visit to the capital. “The BJP government installed 15,000 CCTV cameras for US President Barack Obama’s visit but nothing for our women. They should have left these cameras,” he said.
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