Smriti Irani's UN speech draws flak from Shiv Sena; silence on Hathras rape questioned

On Friday, Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi hit out at Union Women & Child Development Minister Smriti Irani for her alleged silence on Hathras gangrape case. Her comment came in wake of Irani's dress on 'Accelerating Realization of Equality and Empowerment of All Women & Girls' at a high-level meeting of UN General Assembly on Thursday. Chaturvedi lamented that Irani was busy speaking about women's empowerment while remaining silent on heius crimes against women in India. According to her, this was a classic example of hypocrisy. 

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'Centrality of equality' 

Speaking at Beijing +25 high-level meeting, Irani elaborated on initiatives of Modi government pertaining to women's development. She opined that inclusive growth and deep reforms are bringing a transformational change in lives of women. Moreover, she stressed that focus was on facilitating women-led development. 

Union Minister Smriti Irani remarked, "In India, we recognise centrality of equality and women's empowerment in all aspects of our developmental nda. We are focus on inclusive growth and deep reforms that toger are bringing about transformational changes. Under visionary leership of Narendra Modi, we have moved from parigm of women's development to women-led development."

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Hathras gangrape case

A 19-year-old woman in a vill in UP's Hathras district was brutally gang-raped by 4 men when she was collecting fodder for her cattle on September 14. victim, who was initially mitted to a local hospital in Hathras was shifted for furr treatment to Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital. She succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday, September 29. Four persons have been arrested by police in this case.

Amid huge protests outside hospital demanding justice for deceased woman, her body was brought to vill by police at around 1 am on Wednesday. In an official statement, Hathras Police refuted tion that body was forcefully cremated in de of night without conducting final rites. However, victim's family claimed that its request for body to be taken to house and carrying out cremation after sunrise was turned down by police.

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