RWPI strongly condemns the horrific sexual assault of two four-year-old girls at their school in Badlapur as well as the brutality of the Badlapur police in handling the case and the protests that followed!
The role of bourgeois parties in enabling this culture and protecting sexual offenders cannot be overstated. A woman journalist working for the Marathi daily that reported the above incident, has accused CM Eknath Shinde’s aide and former Badlapur mayor, Waman Mhatre, of making an offensive remark against her and saying she was acting “as if she herself had been raped.” Such a humiliating retort by a member of the ruling alliance evidently shows the inherent patriarchal mindset that they operate with. The underlying deception in schemes such as the ‘Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin Yojana’ is further exposed through comments such as these and makes it evident that they are nothing more than election tactics. RWPI strongly condemns this shameful crime and fully supports the protesters in demanding the strictest punishment for the culprit!
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