The National Commission for Women (NCW) has accused the Mayawati government of non-cooperation on the issue of rising crime against women.
Ms Yasmin Abrar, acting chief of the NCW, told reporters in Lucknow on Thursday that the UP government has refused to cooperate and has not agreed to a meeting.
“The reason for my being in Lucknow today is that the NCW is here to get an action taken report from the state government on various atrocities that have been taking place here, and we were to hold a meeting with the government but that has not materialised,” she said, adding that atrocities against women in this state have been increasing.
“This is not something that the NCW is saying — it is there for everyone to see and understand,” she said when told that Ms Mayawati had accused the NCW of being a frontal organisation of the Congress.
Ms Abrar said that the CM, in fact, should question the state Women’s Commission and ask them if they have done anything to ease the situation.
Referring to the rise in crime against women in the state, Ms Abrar said that the only reason that all these atrocities are taking place is that the police department and administration are lax in their approach on the matter.