Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman, Jagdeep Dhankhar, expressed profound anguish over the horrific rape and homicide of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee physician at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical School and Hospital. Describing the incident as a “painful” occasion, Dhankhar emphasised that it has deeply shaken the nation’s conscience.
Dhankhar condemned sure political figures for trivializing the incident. His remarks have been significantly directed at senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who additionally serves because the Supreme Courtroom Bar Affiliation president and is representing the Mamata Banerjee authorities on this delicate case. Sibal had referred to the incident as a “symptomatic malaise” in a Bar Affiliation decision, a characterization that Dhankhar discovered deeply troubling.
“When humanity has been shamed, there are some stray voices that solely exacerbate our excruciating ache. To say it mildly, they’re including salt to the wound of our collective conscience,” Dhankhar acknowledged. He additional criticized Sibal, highlighting that as a Member of Parliament and senior advocate, such remarks carry an “excessive diploma” of culpability. The Vice President referred to as on these people to “revisit their ideas” and publicly apologize, cautioning in opposition to viewing such heinous crimes by way of a political lens, which he described as “harmful” and detrimental to objectivity.
Criticism Of NGO Silence
Dhankhar additionally took difficulty with the silence of sure non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that usually converse out on social points. He instructed that their lack of response to this incident is much more damaging than the crime itself. “Sure NGOs, who are sometimes fast to take to the streets on the slightest provocation, are conspicuously silent. Their silence is much worse than the culpable acts of the perpetrators of this heinous crime,” he remarked.
The Vice President’s feedback mirror the widespread outrage throughout the nation, with protests demanding stronger measures to make sure the protection of girls in India. Dhankhar urged those that are utilizing this tragedy for political maneuvering to as a substitute give attention to the ethical crucial to talk out in opposition to such atrocities.
