Don't expect justice from the culprits!

“I just want to sleep. A coma would be nice. Or amnesia. Anything, just to get rid of this, these thoughts, whispers in my mind. Did they rape my head, too?” 

- A Rape Victim

Such words also don't move the hearts of our lawmakers. What if these words came out from the mouth of a girl from their own family? Then they will do everything to punish the culprits,why not now? 

Because most of them will suffer if strict laws are made in this country.

When politicians say that no sitting member of the Lok Sabha faces a rape charge. Here i am mentioning a few such cases:

• Six persons who declared that they had rape charges against them contested the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. Of them, one is from the Rashtravadi Communist Party, one from the RPP, a third from the Bahujan Samaj Party, another from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha while two were independent candidates.

• 369 MPs, MLAs face charges of crimes against women. Charges include heinous crime of Rape and Molestation, what aam aadmi would expect from such criminals sitting in law making position?

• Political parties gave tickets to 27 candidates who contested state elections in the last five years and who declared they had rape charges against them. Of these, seven were independent, five from the SP, two each from the BJP and one from the Congress. Ten of these are from UP alone and five from Bihar.

• Six sitting MLAs have declared rape charges against them. They are Sribhagwan Sharma (SP, Khurja, UP), Anoop Sanda (SP, Sultanpur, UP), Manoj Kumar Paras (SP, Nagina, UP), Mohammad Aleem Khan (BSP, Bulandshahr, UP), Jethabhai G. Ahir (BJP, Shahera, Gujarat) and Kandikunta Venkata Prasad (TDP, Kadiri, AP).

• Political parties gave tickets to 27 candidates who contested the state elections in the last five years, who have declared that they have been charged with rape. Of these, seven are independent candidates, five have been given tickets by the SP, two have been given tickets by the BJP and two are BSP candidates.

• When M.P  Paras was called, he said the Delhi gangrape incident was “shameful”. “The culprits should be punished. It’s an open-and-shut case.” But what about the charges against him? “They are politically motivated and were slapped on me by someone who was instigated by the BSP.”

• Even when the entire nation is on roads shouting for women protection,Himachal Pradesh has elected 14 MLAs who are facing criminal cases. Five of these MLAs—three from Congress and two from BJP—face serious criminal cases like kidnapping or abducting, abatement of suicide, forgery etc. Ten of the 36 newly elected Congress MLAs have criminal background in the House of 68 while three of the 26 BJP MLAs have criminal cases against them, according to National Election Watch.

• Political parties also gave tickets to 260 other contesting candidates in the legislative assembly elections held in the last five years have declared that they have charges of crimes against women such as outraging the modesty of a woman, assault, insulting the modesty of a woman etc. Out of the 260 candidates who declared that they have been charged with crimes against women, 72 are independent candidates, 24 have been given tickets by the BJP, 26 by the INC, 16 by the SP and 18 have been given tickets by the BSP. 
• Maharasthra has the maximum number of such candidates (41), followed by Uttar Pradesh (37) and West Bengal (22).

Source: Individual affidavits/Association for Democratic Reforms/OutlookIndia