NEW DELHI: Women’s rights activists have sought the resignation of National Commission for Women member Chandramukhi Devi.
On her visit to Badaun, Chandramukhi Devi had said that the rape victim should not have left home after dark unaccompanied, putting the blame on the victim for the incident.
The 50-year-old anganwadi worker was allegedly gang-raped and murdered on January 3 in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district. The fact that a member of the apex statutory body should have said of the raped and murdered woman from Badaun that all this was avoidable had she not gone out alone is the most despicable and condemnable comment which speaks volumes for her regressive mindset which does not behove any man or woman, leave alone a person who has been placed there to ensure the rights of every single woman and girl child of the country,” a group of activists, including former NCW chairperson Mohini Giri and former members Sayeda Hameed and Padma Seth, said in a statement.