PM Modi reserved a significant part of the speech to address the concerns of women.
In Prime Minister Modi’s Independence Day speech on Wednesday there was a stern warning for rapists. Speaking of fast-track trial in rape cases in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan where the convicts were sentenced to death within days, the PM said such cases need to be given wide publicity to deter people from committing such crimes. "The rule of law is supreme for us and there can be no compromise with this. Demonic mentalities are being tackled sternly, and rapists are getting severest punishment," he said, adding, “hangings of rapists must be widely reported to spread awareness and to scare those thinking about hurting women. We must abolish crimes against women.”
The Prime Minister also hit out at those opposing the end of the ‘Triple Talaq’ practice and said,”I assure Muslim sisters and daughters that their rights will be protected and the government will not leave any effort to protect them. I promise and assure that I shall fulfill your aspirations.” In a veiled attack on the Congress and other opposition parties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said there were some people who did not allow the passage of the Triple Talaq Bill in Parliament during the just-concluded monsoon session.
He said that his government tried to bring the Bill in Parliament in the just concluded monsoon session after the Cabinet had approved some amendments to end the practice of Triple Talaq. "But there are some people who do not want it to be passed," the Prime Minister said in an apparent jibe at the Congress and other opposition parties, after the Bill was deferred on the session's last day in Rajya Sabha due to lack of consensus.
PM Modi said a demand to confer constitutional status on the Other Backward Classes was being made for a long time but this was fulfilled by his government during the session: ”In a way, this session was completely dedicated to social justice. Whether they be Dalits, exploited, deprived or women, our Parliament with sensitivity and awareness strengthened social justice.”
Parliament passed a constitutional amendment bill to this effect in the Monsoon Session. It also passed a legislation to meet the demand of Dalit groups to overturn a Supreme Court verdict which, they said, had diluted a law on atrocities against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
(With Agency inputs)
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