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‘Swati Maliwal lost mental balance’, says ex-DCW chair Barkha Shukla

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New Delhi: Former Chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women, Barkha Shukla reacted to Chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), Swati Maliwal’s allegations of sexual harassment against her father and said that Maliwal “has lost her mental balance” as she juggles between blaming her husband and father for the assault.
While talking to ANI, Shukla said, “I think Swati Maliwal has lost her mental balance. That’s why she talks like this. First she made many serious allegations about her husband, after which she is now accusing her dead father. She is making allegations in such a manner which does not exist in this world, it is absolutely wrong and extremely shameful.”
Swati Maliwal on Saturday narrated her childhood ordeal and said that she was sexually assaulted by her father when she was a child.
Demanding Swati Maliwal’s resignation, she said, “Swati Maliwal, who calls Arvind Kejriwal a potato, should live with him because potatoes and chips are friends. She levelled many serious allegations against her husband that he used to beat her, and now she is accusing her father in this manner. She has lost her mental balance, and sitting on the post of Chairperson of Delhi
Commission for Women. Talking like this is shameful. This post is a dignified post. It should be respected.”
“If they talk like this, then what message will be sent to the rest of the women of the society?” she added.
Barkha Shukla said, “In the year 2016, Swati Maliwal had said that her father is a soldier and she is proud of him. He can even give his life for the country and the same father, when he is not alive today, Swati Maliwal is talking about him. She is accusing him of physically assaulting her when he is not in this world and is dead. I request the LG sir that she should be immediately dismissed from her post because it will create a lot of trouble in the society. This is a wrong message that will affect the women and daughters of Delhi. This is a wrong notion about the relationship between father and daughter.”
Questioning Maliwal’s position, Barkha said, “In what way will Swati Maliwal emancipate women? She stays abroad half the time. She should be asked what she does abroad. Why does she go abroad? Does she go abroad to collect funds?”

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 12, 2023
DCW chief Swati Maliwal opens up about sexual assault by her father

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The Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal on Saturday revealed she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by her father as a child, at the DCW Annual Award Ceremony.
“My own father sexually assaulted me when I was a child. He used to hit me and bet me up. I used to hide under the bed… I still remember, he used to drag me by my hair and slam me against the wall,” said Maliwal.
Swati Maliwal further said, “Hiding under the bed, I used to plan on how I would help women achieve their rights. I used to think about how I would teach a lesson to people that assault women and girls like this”.
Speaking to the media, she revealed that she stayed with her father until class four and he assaulted her many times during that period.
At the award ceremony, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal felicitated the winners of the DCW International Women’s Day Awards. Around 100 women bagged the awards instituted by the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW).
The award is given to those who have displayed extraordinary courage and commitment toward women.
Addressing the gathering, Kejriwal said, “All 365 days (in a year) are for women. But this is a special day to celebrate women. There is a proverb: Age is merely a number. Today at this event, 104-year-old and 106-year-old women are being felicitated. We should take inspiration from them.”
“Today, DCW Awards have become a prestigious award. Congratulations to all those who have won the award,” he added.

#WATCH | “I was sexually assaulted by my father when I was a child. He used to beat me up, I used to hide under the bed,” DCW chief Swati Maliwal expresses her ordeal alleging her father sexually assaulted her during childhood pic.twitter.com/GsUqKDh2w8
— ANI (@ANI) March 11, 2023
(With inputs from PTI )

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March 11, 2023
Man accused of dragging DCW chief Swati Maliwal gets bail

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New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to Harish Chander, the man accused of dragging Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal by car for 10-15 metres outside the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on January 19 after her hand got stuck in the vehicle’s window.
Sanghamitra, the Mahila Court Metropolitan Magistrate at the Saket court complex, noted that at this point, it is not proved whether the accused might threaten witnesses or tamper with evidence.
“Considering the facts and circumstances of the present case, I am of the view that no useful purpose will be served by keeping the accused behind bars,” she said.
She granted Chander bail on certain conditions like he shall not attemot to get in touch with the complainant, her family members, witnesses, threaten them or tamper with any evidence.
Directing the accused to cooperate with the probe, she directed the accused to furnish a bond of Rs 50,000 along with a surety of the same amount.
Chander was arrested after a case under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 341 (wrongful restraint), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code was registered at the Kotla Mubarakpur police station.
Chander’s counsel submitted that Maliwal has falsely implicated his client in the case, adding that the his client drove away the car further as he was afraid of being looted.
The court was informed that the police have declared that the matter would not need any further custodial interrogation.

Maliwal’s lawyer said that it is important to take into account the danger the individual poses to the citizens of the national capital.
The DCW chief had alleged that she was molested by a drunk man while on an inspection at night, adding that she was dragged for 10-15 metres by his car outside AIIMS after her hand got stuck in the vehicle’s window.
After a video of the incident surfaced on social media, several BJP leaders had termed the incident as a staged drama by Maliwal, intended to defame Delhi internationally by showing the national capital as an unsafe city for women. They had also claimed that the accused Chander is a prominent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worker in the Sangam Vihar area. Incidentally, Maliwal is an AAP appointee.
Coming down heavily on the BJP’s allegations on Saturday, Maliwal said that she will keep fighting till she is alive.
Taking to Twitter, Maliwal said: “Let me tell those who think that they will scare me by telling dirty lies about me. I have done many big things in this short life, with a shroud on my head. I was attacked many times, but did not stop. With every atrocity, the fire inside me grew stronger. No one can suppress my voice. I will keep fighting as long as I am alive!”
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 21, 2023