A few months back, actress Bhavana’s alleged abduction and assault by her former car driver, shook the entire nation. Not one to shy away from the situation, Bhavana boldly stood up against one of the social issues faced by every women, raising alarm on their safety. This paved the way for many celebs to talk about similar personal experiences at work and other places.
Actress Varalaxmi Sarathkumar even launched a signature campaign, Save Shakti initiative, on International Women’s Day. The aim was to motivate women to stand up for themselves. The Thaarai Thappattai girl, along with the members of Save Shakti movement, had met TN Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisamy, on Monday, to handover a petition to the latter.
Speaking to DC after her brief meeting with CM, she said, “In today’s scenario, crimes against women and girl children are alarmingly high. It was disturbing and I wanted to do something from my side to curb it. And that’s when, along with a group of like-minded people, I began the ‘Save Shakti’ campaign, where we urged the state government to increase the number of Fast Track and Mahila courts in every taluk and magistrate level, which are handling such cases. Sixty thousand signatures have been procured so far. We handed the petition over to our CM and have urged him to do the needful. He said that ‘these Mahila courts are already in the legal procedure. But implementation takes time’. He promised that he would take the necessary action as early as possible.”
Varu added, “We had also stated in the petition that these cases cannot prolong for long and should be resolved in a stipulated time, say within six months, so that the victim gets justice on time.”
