Vice President Dhankhar Urges "Male Society" to Change Its Mindset Before It Is Too Late

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday said there is a need to crack down on discrimination against women and urged the "male society" to change its mindset before it is too late. He also condemned the rape-murder of a woman doctor in Kolkata and said people should condemn the comment that the incident was "symptomatic malaise".

The Vice President said that after the implementation of the Women's Reservation Act, more women will be part of decision-making and governance. He stressed that those who call women weak are wrong. Women will promote women's empowerment.

Dhankhar believes that education reduces inequality. "Gender discrimination is over, but it has taken some forms. Direct discrimination can be fought, but not subtle discrimination. We have to take strong action on this," he said. Referring to the Kolkata case, he said, "We must completely reject and despise such lunatic ideas that trivialise the barbarity of the rape and murder of a woman doctor while on duty at a hospital in Kolkata."

"Someone calls it 'symptomatic malaise'. What a shame. Our hearts should be saddened," he said. He was referring to a Supreme Court Bar Association resolution in which senior advocate Kapil Sibal had reportedly described the rape-murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata as 'symptomatic malaise'.