Tag: Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh: Rally against quota, SC/ST Act change in Bhopal

Source-indianexpress.com Thousands of protesters, mainly upper castes, trooped to Bhopal from other parts of Madhya Pradesh for a ‘Kranti Sabha’ rally on Sunday to express their anger over the Centre’s amendment to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Targeting Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who had asserted two years ago that

NCRB data shows 95% rape victims in India known to offenders; Madhya Pradesh tops the list

Source – firstpost.com One of the biggest misconceptions around rape is the “other-ing” of both the criminal and the victim —  that a “certain” type of man rapes and a “certain” type of woman gets raped (often under “certain” circumstances). The overwhelming complicity of perpetrators in familial positions of power, or those who are known