Haryana Women Protesters Demand Action Against State’s Former Sports Minister Over Sexual Assault Charges
Women have to do so much to get justice?
Marches, protests and appeals, women have to take every possible step to be heard. The fact that getting justice for crimes done against women has become so difficult should be a serious matter of concern for the authorities. Currently, the women in Haryana have raised their voices against such an injustice. The women have started a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar against former Haryana Sports Minister, Sandeep Singh who was accused of sexual assault.
The former Sports and Youth Minister of Haryana, Sandeep Singh faced sexual assault allegations by a female athlete earlier this year. However, there were no strict actions taken against him and there was no concrete result of the investigation was carried out. As a repercussion, the minister was simply removed from his post as the sports minister but continued to be a member of the state cabinet.
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Around 150 Haryana sat at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar in support of the victim. As per the news, they have made an appeal with 30,000 signatures to the President of the country, Droupadi Murmu. They have demanded the authorities file a chargesheet against the accused and immediately start the process of investigating him. They have also asked for the removal of Sandeep Singh from his current post as a state minister, as per the news.
As per the reports, the victim’s father has also accused the Haryana police of carrying out a biased investigation to serve the interest of the accused minister. The father has also alleged that the accused is still using his powers to deviate from the investigation process. The Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal has also been blamed for supporting the culprit in this case, but the women are determined to fight for the victim’s justice.
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If the authorities continue to support assaulters and protect them against law, we wonder if women will ever be served justice, and if the country will ever become free of crimes against women!
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