President Murmu and Prime Minister Modi need to understand that words expressing shock and consternation about cases of rape across India are not enough. The Central government's position against Mamata Banerjee's letter that existing laws are enough and that enough Fast Track & POCSO courts are opened is not the solution to the problem. We should also stop politicising the rape issue which is a national problem. It is an issue in the mind of the rapists that needs to be corrected. One feels that the sentences need to be more severe and maybe even include the death penalty for rape of minors, which could act as a deterrent for rapists. This has to be done on a war footing since otherwise we will have rape victims asking us - Is this all that India can give us? The Nirbhaya case in 2012 was a wake-up call but we have rape cases dotting the country which we prefer to ignore until the brutal rape and killing of the young woman doctor at RG Kar Medical College wakes us up to the reality.
