Veteran
actor
Neena
Gupta
has
said
there
is
a
need
to
come
up
with
solutions
to
ensure
women’s
safety,
as
she
condemned
the
alleged
rape
and
murder
of
a
postgraduate
trainee
doctor
at
the
state-run
RG
Kar
Medical
College
and
Hospital
in
Kolkata
last
week.
Over
the
last
few
days,
the
actor
said,
she
has
mulled
a
lot
on
the
issue
of
women’s
safety.

“Condemning
it
(the
crime)
is
okay,
but
we
need
a
solution.
What
could
the
solution
be?
Ours
is
a
large
country.
Every
state,
district,
region
or
village
will
have
committees
where
they
(women)
work,
do
surveillance
and
file
a
report.

“For
example,
a
teacher
in
a
village
perhaps
has
to
walk
many
kilometres
in
the
evening
or
at
night
before
she
gets
back
(home)…
So,
those
ladies
who
go
for
surveillance,
they
are
also
at
risk.
I
thought
a
lot
but
couldn’t
find
any
solution.
It
will
take
a
long
time
for
society
to
change,” Gupta
told
PTI.

Referring
to
the
government’s
‘Beti
Bachao,
Beti
Padhao’
scheme,
which
addresses
concerns
about
gender
discrimination
and
women
empowerment
in
the
country,
the
actor
said
after
education
the
gradual
next
step
is
pursuing
employment
but
daughters
aren’t
safe
in
the
working
place.

“After
‘Beti
Padhao’,
beti
(daughter)
will
also
go
to
work,
right?
She
is
not
safe
even
when
she
is
working.
(‘Beti
Padhao’
ke
baad
beti
kaam
toh
karegi
na
padhaaoge
toh.
Kaam
karegi
toh
(bhi)
safe
nahi
hai.)
So,
I
want
to
ask
what
is
the
solution,” she
added.

Gupta
recently
earned
the
best
supporting
actress
National
Award
for
her
role
in
the
2022
Hindi
film
“Uunchai”.
It
marks
her
second
award
in
the
same
category
after
1994’s
“Woh
Chhokri”.