'Will not allow Modi to sleep peacefully if jungle raj prevails'

'Will not allow Modi to sleep peacefully if jungle raj prevails' - Sakshi Post

New Delhi: The political firestorm in the wake of rape of two minors in the national capital intensified today with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal stepping up attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he will not let him sleep peacefully if jungle raj prevails.

After a meeting with Lt Governor Najeeb Jung, Kejriwal lambasted the Centre and Delhi Police, asserting that he will not remain silent on the issue of women's security even as investigators claimed to have cracked the case of rape of a two-and-half year old child with arrest of two juveniles.

We will not allow the Prime Minister to sleep peacefully if women in Delhi do not get proper safety and the present trend of rapes continues. That is guaranteed, Kejriwal said. Claiming that jungle raj was prevailing in the capital, Kejriwal urged Modi not to remain stubborn and hand over law and order control to city government for at least one year, a demand he had made yesterday as well.

The Prime Minister must understand that I am not (previous Chief Minister) Sheila Dikshit. I will not remain silent, he said. Dikshit had yesterday accused Kejriwal of indulging in blame game. Without giving details, the Chief Minister said his government was exploring all options to ensure safety of women and improve overall law and order situation.

Sources said Delhi Government was contemplating approaching the Supreme Court to fix accountability of the Delhi Police. Responding to Kejriwal's jungle raj comment, Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi said these type of remarks should not be given much importance as they are made keeping political positioning in mind.

There is no jungle raj in Delhi. In the meeting with Jung, Kejriwal submitted figures of crime against women in the last four years and cases of missing children and requested him to take urgent measures to improve the law and order situation. Kejriwal has called a cabinet meeting tomorrow to discuss the law and order situation.

A two-and-half-year-old girl and another five-year-old were brutally raped in the capital on Friday, barely a week after a sexual assault of a minor, triggering widespread outrage and a political slugfest.

We met the L-G along with last four years' record on crime cases. Around 31,000 cases of crime against women were recorded. Out of these, chargesheets were filed in only 13,000 cases.

In 18,000 cases, there was no charge sheet. Only 146 people were punished overall. So you can see how safe our women are, the Chief Minister said. BJP attacked Kejriwal over his jungle raj comments, saying his outburst on the city's security scenario was a mere political skulduggery.

"Why didn't he (Modi) visit the families of rape victims when he can go abroad?" the Aam Aadmi Party leader asked. The remarks came after a toddler and a five-year-old child were raped in two separate incidents.

Kejriwal announced a special meeting on Monday of the cabinet over women safety. Dikshit, who ruled Delhi for 15 years before being defeated by Kejriwal, faced public wrath over the gang-rape and death of a 23-year-old woman in 2012. She had then pleaded helplessness citing that Delhi Police was not under her control -- an issue which continues to be a sore point between Delhi's AAP government and the central government. Kejriwal said Delhi Police, which reports to the union home ministry, had become ineffective because of which there was no fear among criminals.

"Give Delhi Police to us for a year and see how we fix it. And if you can't hand over the charge of entire Delhi Police, let us handle it in east Delhi," the chief minister said. "If law and order does not improve (in that period), take it back from us," he added.

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