Maneka trashes report that India tops in slavery

PATIALA: Union cabinet minister for women and child development Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday trashed a report that India is one of the leading countries in the world

Published on: Jun 1, 2016, 09:18:33 IST

By Vishal Rambani

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PATIALA: Union cabinet minister for women and child development Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday trashed a report that India is one of the leading countries in the world in slavery.

The minister junked the report Global Slavery Index by the Australia-based Walk Free Foundation which says 18 million people in India live as slaves.

“I saw the report as the NGO came to show it to me before release. I totally disagreed with their findings, as they says all labourers in Jharkhand are slaves, while there is no case in Rajasthan. Is it possible?”, she said, adding that the NGO has termed every domestic worker as a slave.

When asked if she thought western countries are delibrately tarnishing India’s image, she said, “I don’t know whether they are doing it deliberately or not. But I can say they don’t know how to analyze slavery. NGO has termed every Dai (midwife), Aya (domestic help) and other servants as modern day slaves. It’s totally wrong”.

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Vishal Rambani
Vishal Rambani is an assistant editor covering Punjab. A journalist with over a decade of experience, he writes on politics, crime, power sector, environment and socio-economic issues. He has several investigative stories to his credit.Read More

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