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Anti-rape protests continue, 3 Metro stations shut
Monday April 22, 2013 06:38:39 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Protests
against the rape of a five-year-old here continued Monday with
several women groups, student organisations as well as political
parties coming together on the same platform and demanding strict
measures to ensure women's safety.
While Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supporters held
protests outside Delhi Police headquarters and the All India
Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), where the traumatised small
girl is hospitalised, members of the Delhi unit of the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) prepared to march towards parliament seeking
amendments to the anti-rape law.
Several women's groups and student organisations were jointly
holding a protest at Jantar Mantar.
Holding banners and placards, the protestors demanded the
resignation of Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar and Home
Minister Sushilkumar Shinde. They also criticized Delhi Chief
Minister Sheila Dikshit.
"The police chief should resign as the repeated rapes in the Delhi
prove that he is not fit for the job. We've had enough. Feeling
secure and safe is our right and we will have it," Rashpal Kaur,
Delhi state secretary of the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW),
told IANS.
Apart from NFIW, other organisations that were protesting at
Jantar Mantar were All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA),
All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA) and student
organisations like Student Federation of India (SFI) and All India
students Association (AISA).
"The government has to answer... These are sad state of affairs in
the capital city of the country. Those who are responsible for
protecting us have failed and they should step down," AIDWA vice
president Maimoona Mollah told IANS.
The protestors together broke down barricades put up by the police
to thwart their march towards the Parliament House. The police
also stationed water cannons as a precautionary measure, in case
the protests turned violent.
There was also heavy deployment of police force at India Gate, the
scene of major protests following the Dec 16 gang-rape.
Three Metro stations in central Delhi were closed as a
precautionary step to prevent vandalism.
The Central Secretariat, Udyog Bhavan and Race Course Road Metro
stations were closed around 10.15 a.m. as a precautionary measure.
"We have been asked by Delhi Police to close the Metro stations
till further notice as a precautionary measure," said a Delhi
Metro spokesperson.
Scores of angry protestors Sunday stormed the barricades outside
the residences of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress
president Sonia Gandhi. Many of them were detained briefly and let
off later.
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