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Bhopal Student’s Harassment Question Prompts CM’s Emphasis on Sexual Crime Penalties and Women’s Appointments

By raising the issue of sexual harassment at the BJP Mahila Morcha’s mock Parliament, the student prompted the chief minister to emphasise Madhya Pradesh’s pioneering death penalty provisions for sexual crimes, recent women’s appointments to key administrative posts

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Overview

  • A medical student at the state-level women’s mock Parliament in Bhopal asked why debates focus on “Developed India” and the Emergency rather than serious topics like sexual harassment.
  • Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said Madhya Pradesh became the first Indian state to introduce the death penalty for sexual crimes and cited a swift Bhopal case that ended with a capital sentence.
  • Yadav pointed to the appointments of women as collector and SP of Narsinghpur and as divisional commissioner of Shahdol to illustrate the government’s commitment to female leadership.
  • The chief minister used his address to mock the Indian National Congress for its foreign affiliations and to question its failure to adopt an Indian name.
  • The mock Parliament event marking 50 years since the Emergency has drawn attention to tensions between historical themes and pressing social issues.