Congress today mooted the proposal of including representatives of opposition parties in the AAP government's Delhi Dialogue Commission and asked it to revive the 181-helpline to rein in "increasing" rate of crime against women.
A delegation led by Delhi Congress Chief Ajay Maken submitted a memorandum with several other suggestions, including formulating a time-bound action plan and "reactivating" Gender Resource Centres in this regard to Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung.
"The Delhi government should immediately formulate an action plan with a time-frame of one year to stop crimes against women. Include representatives of other political parties in the Delhi Dialogue, re-activate the Gender Resource Centres started in 2011 by the previous Congress government under the 'Awaz Utthao' scheme for gender sensitisation programmes," the party said.
Maken said the 181 helpline, started by the Congress government to monitor crimes against women, was now totally dysfunctional.
"Along with the 181 helpline, the Congress had also started a taxi service named 'Sakha' for the helpline employees and the victims, but both were now lying dormant, which should be revived," he added.
"Aam Aadmi Party was spending huge amounts of money for putting up hoardings of its anti-corruption helpline. The 181 helpline number should be revived and put it alongside the anti-corruption number," a statement said.
