ML to demand justice for Muzaffarpur rape victims on Independence Day

PATNA: CPI(ML)

general

secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya on Thursday said his party would demand justice for the young girls who were raped at a shelter-home in

Muzaffarpur district

and also for inmates of 15 other homes functioning in the state on the occasion of Independence Day.

“We will organise a weeklong agitation and launch a campaign from Friday to demand justice for the rape victims of

Muzaffarpur

shelter home and against the irregularities committed at the other government-funded shelter homes,” he said and added, “It will culminate into mass celebration of Independence Day on which we will demand justice for the hapless children. The party will also reach out to other Left and like-minded democratic parties as well as organisations to participate in the agitation.”

Dipankar also demanded the government to make the TISSS report and the detailed action taken report (ATR) on the Muzaffarpur rape incident and other shelter homes public. “Public anger is running high and if the TISS report is not made public, Nitish Kumar government might have to go now that former social welfare minister

Manju Verma

has resigned,” he said.

“The CPI-ML also organised a ‘jail bharo’ campaign in the state on Thursday in support of the rights and demands of the farmers,” said the party general secretary.

Dipankar was accompanied by his party functionaries Kunal, Dhirendra Kumar Jha and Meena Tiwari.