Maneka Gandhi wants to raise victims’ age limit to report sex abuse to 30 

Maneka Gandhi.

Women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi has sent a proposal to home minister to raise the age limit for survivors to lodge complaints of sexual assault to 30 years.

Gandhi came out in support of actor Tanushree Dutta and recommended that a #MeToo campaign should be started in India as well. Gandhi also said that more women need to complain.

Speaking to reporters in Delhi, Gandhi said, “I feel we should also start something called ‘Me Too India’ in which any woman who has been harassed at any point should write to us and we will investigate. For the first time, the National Commission for Women is going into every case brought to us and we will go in to their details.”

Gandhi also claimed that all complaints to WCD will be probed.

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