Women still unsafe in Delhi 2 yrs after Dec. 16 gangrape: AAP

Nothing has changed even two years after the horrific December 16 gangrape case in Delhi, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal said today even as he promised to make Delhi safer for women if his party returned to power here.
The party also slammed the UPA and NDA governments over the Nirbhaya Fund remaining unspent.
"2 yrs. Nothing has changed since Nirbhaya (episode). Women still unsafe. I firmly believe we can make delhi safe for women. Lets join hands to do dat (sic)," AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal said in a tweet.
AAP's students' wing, Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti, had organised a human chain at Mandi House on the day to put the focus on the issue of women's safety.

In a case which had sparked nationwide outrage, a 23-year- old physiotherapy student was brutally gangraped in a bus in the national capital on December 16, 2012. The girl had succumbed to her injuries on December 29.
AAP leaders said that safety of women still remains a concern in the national capital despite the horrific gangrape case which had shaken the nation's conscience. They also lamented that Nirbhaya's parents are still fighting a legal battle in the courts seeking justice for their daughter.

"Lax transport licensing policies came to light again in the recent rape of a young woman by a driver of Uber cab, an international taxi service.

"The Nirbhaya fund that received Rs 1,000 crore in 2013 and 2014 is left unspent by both UPA and NDA and not a single Nirbhaya centre is up and ready. Police and judicial reforms as recommended by the late Justice JS Verma Committee in 2013 are yet to see the light of day," said an AAP spokesperson.
"Simple steps such as increasing deployment of female police personnel and surveillance have not been implemented," the party said while proposing a policy of zero tolerance and strict law enforcement to deal with crimes against women.
"On an average, 40 cases of crimes against women are registered daily by Delhi Police, including at least four cases of rape.

"Sample surveys conducted across the national capital indicate that over 90 per cent of the women still feel unsafe," the spokesperson added.