Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took note of the growing coverage and outrage on the rape and violence against women in Kathua, Jammu, and Unnao, Uttar Pradesh.
With the BJP’s coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir at stake, and after criticism, not only from opposition parties, but leading Hindi film actors, and other prominent figures, the PM assured that criminals involved in both incidents would not be spared.
Inaugurating an Ambedkar memorial here, he also sought to reach out to Dalits. He said his government would not allow dilution of the law on preventing atrocities on scheduled