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Nepal medicos rally against Delhi gang rape


MOTIHARI: Protest over the Delhi gang rape has now reached the neighbouring country, Nepal. Girls and boys of National Medical college (NMC), Birganj, on Tuesday took out a rally and marched through the main thoroughfares of Birganj town, the second largest commercial city of Nepal, adjoining the Indo-Nepal border.
Some housewives also joined the rally. The students marched from Tribhuwan Rajpath to Ghantaghar roundabout under the leadership of Dr. Vishal Pratik, professor in radiology department. The rally later converged into a public meeting near Ghantaghar. It was the first protest in Nepal against the Delhi rape case.
The agitated students vent their anger and demanded capital punishment to the accused to teach a lesson to offenders. They also demanded special legislation for the security of girls and women in all the countries under SAARC. They were shouting slogans and carrying placards like 'hang the rapists', 'give social security to girls', and 'stop atrocities and sexual abuse of women'. A delegation of girls and boys met the consulate General of india at Birganj and submitted a memorandum in this regard. They also sent a memorandum to the PM of Nepal and india ambassador's office in kathmandu.
On the Indian side at Raxaul town, teachers, students, girls, boys, housewives and businessmen organized a joint protest march under the leadership of Dr. Vishal Pratik, which marched through the main road and demanded speedy punishment to the Delhi rapists. The girls were shouting slogans like "nariyon par atyachar band karo (stop atrocities on women)" and "jahan garbh mein ladki surakshit nahi, waha sadko par kaise hogi (where a baby girl is not safe even in her mother's womb then how can girls be safe on roads)."
The students also took out a rally under the banner of the Chhatra RJD in Raxaul. Several organizations and girls of different schools took out rallies in Motihari from Sunday to Tuesday against the gang rape incident.

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