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Women Safety: Students send proposal to PMO, issue 10-day ultimatum
- •The student movement against women's safety and rising sexual violence in Delhi is taking a new form.
- •A special meeting was organized at the YMCA hostel with students from various educational institutions, including Delhi University.
- •Social activist Yogita Bhayana and former IPS officer Yashovardhan Azad organized the meeting.
- •Around 100 students, along with legal experts, prepared a proposal to strengthen women's safety.
- •Organizers warned of a nationwide protest at Jantar Mantar if no concrete steps are taken within 10 days.
Key Questions Answered
Students and activists, including PARI founder Yogita Bhayana and former IPS officer Yashovardhan Azad, organized a meeting in Delhi to draft a proposal with three to five key demands. This signed petition will be submitted directly to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), with a strict 10-day ultimatum for concrete government action before launching a nationwide protest at Jantar Mantar.
Former IPS officer Yashovardhan Azad questioned the allocation and utilization of funds, noting that while about Rs 8,000 crore was announced under the Nirbhaya movement, only around Rs 6,000 crore was actually released. He urged students to hold state governments accountable by using RTI applications against states cutting safety budgets, and proposed a 90-day audit of all safety measures.
Students demanded explicit legal changes to the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) so that public obscene acts, such as exposing one's body or masturbation near women's colleges and public spaces, are clearly classified and punished as sexual harassment offenses.
