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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray. (File photo/PTI)
The Marathi daily also attacked the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra over the disappearance of several women in the state and said the police, which was being used to settle political scores, was instead being used to trace the missing women. should be taken for
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) on Tuesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, citing National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, according to which around 40,000 women went missing in Gujarat in five years. Gone.
An editorial in Shiv Sena’s (UBT) mouthpiece Saamana said it exposed the “dark side” of the state.
The Marathi daily also attacked the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra over the disappearance of several women in the state and said the police, which was being used to settle political scores, was instead being used to trace the missing women. should be taken for
It said the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data on missing women in the country has exposed lapses in Gujarat’s governance.
It cited NCRB data to say that around 40,000 women have gone missing in Gujarat during the five years.
He said, “There was a campaign that Gujarat is the only model of development in the country. International leaders were first brought to Gujarat from Mumbai and Delhi. An impression was created that Gujarat being Prime Minister Modi’s state is heaven, but this (missing women data) has brought to light the dark side of the state,” the Marathi daily said.
It has been said in this that if all the development has taken place in the rule of Modi-Shah, then who will find the thousands of missing women from Gujarat.
If there is rule of law in Gujarat then the missing women will get justice.
“Otherwise the Nehru-Gandhi family will be blamed for missing or abducted women and people will be guided through Mann Ki Baat,” quipped the Marathi publication, citing the PM’s monthly radio address.
Notably, Gujarat Police in a series of tweets on Monday said that according to data published by the NCRB in Crime in India-2020 (report), out of 41,621 women who went missing during 2016-20, 39,497 (94.90 per cent) are women. The Gujarat Police has traced the missing women and reunited them with their families.
The Gujarat Police said that this information is also a part of Crime in India, 2020.
The Saamana editorial also targeted the Maharashtra government, claiming that 70 women go missing every day in the state.
Around 5,500 women have gone missing in the state in the last three months, it claimed and said that instead of using them to settle political scores, the state government should use the investigative agencies to find them.
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