All India Mahila Congress President Alka Lamba criticises rising crime in BJP-ruled states
Bengaluru: Alka Lamba, President of the All India Mahila Congress, has expressed strong discontent over the increasing crime rates in states governed by the BJP. She criticised the law and order situation, particularly highlighting Uttar Pradesh, where Home Minister Amit Shah had once claimed that women could walk safely even at midnight wearing jewellery. However, according to Lamba, today the state is witnessing daylight encounters, murders, and rapes.
Speaking at a press conference at the KPCC office on Queens Road in Bengaluru, Lamba remarked that criminals no longer fear the law, and their influence is growing. She cited the recent murder of former MLA Baba Siddique, who had Y-category security in Mumbai. She also claimed that a criminal based in a Gujarat prison is operating an entire gang, issuing threats and orchestrating murders from within the jail.
Lamba pointed out that discussions about this criminal are even taking place in diplomatic circles abroad. She further accused the BJP governments in Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Uttar Pradesh of failing to maintain law and order. According to Lamba, BJP leaders are siding with criminals, while legal actions are being manipulated to support harassment and injustice.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
