The Mangalore Pub attack has now taken a different turn. National Comminssion for Women (NCW) which was at the forefront condemning the incident has developed difference of opinion.

 

The Commission has rejected a report by one its members who had said that the pub owner had not provided enough security. This has angered the Union Minister for Women and Child Development Renuka Chowdhury. She had had dispatched another enquiry team while the Ministry issued a show-cause notice to the NCW member on Thursday evening for not submitting her report on time. The ministry asked also Venkatesh to explain why she had gone public with her opinion on the matter. 

However, the member, Nirmala Venkatesh, retaliated by saying that she stood by her observations and would not step down. She was quoted by PTI as saying, "Who is she (Renuka) to be satisfied (with our report) or not. Let her do her work.Why the resignation, for what? I will be abiding with any my recommendations and observations."

 

NCW on the other hand has rejected the report filed by Venkatesh. "The Commission took stock of the entire report filed by Nirmala Venkatesh and decided not to accept it," NCW Chairperson Girija Vyas said after an early morning meeting on Friday.

Vyas said that the NCW will not send a fresh team to Mangalore on a fact-finding mission as the independent commission from the Women and Child Development Ministry has already visited Mangalore for an on-the-spot assessment of the incident. (The Full Story)

 

In Pune also, there have been attempts to barge pubs by various organisations. But they have been largely unsuccessful perhaps because the pub culture is not active in Pune. The pubs vie for more activity. That is why there has been no sensational incident attached with them.

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