Women Empowerment and BJP

The past 10 years have been one of the worst in the history of our state in terms of law and order. The entire state machinery has collapsed and there is no fear of the law and enforcement agencies in the minds of the criminals. Women have been the worst hit as they are physically vulnerable to crime. I would not repeat the facts and figures of rapes, gang rapes and other atrocities on women as they have been often quoted at various platforms and debated upon.

The issue that I want to raise through this blog is the mindset of BJP as a party. India is a male dominated country and every party has male chauvinism upto a certain degree. But the problem with BJP is that its policies, stands, mindset, vision all treat women as second class citizens. They are the first people to talk about dress code for women, their ministers and office bearers have often from public platforms have used un-parliamentary language for women (they have gone so far as to comment on CMs wife), they are involved in sexual abuse cases.In one of the most unfortunate killing of an RTI activist in Bhopal, the local MLA accused for it publicly stated his illicit relationships and that he is a womaniser. RSS, the think tank of BJP does not allow women to be a part of their organisation because they think us to be inferior to them. Other sister organisations of BJP like VHP, Bajrang Dal every year go out and bash up women on Valentine's Day. Many of BJP workers have been found guilty of rapes and gang rapes. There are many other incidents that can be illustrated to show the mindset of this party. We cannot forget the way Umaji was treated by her own party after she brought them to power.

The entire point is that the citizens of the state and especially women have to understand that this party is double faced. The Chief Minister wants to portray himself as the messiah of women but he cannot stop his own ministers from making derogatory statements. A party which cannot respect its own female leaders can never respect its female citizens.

The time has come when, we the women need to do serious introspection and show are might.