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1 2 Surat: On the occasion of International Women's Day , Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed the govt's strong commitment to women's safety and said that replacing the colonial-era IPC with the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) is showing desired results with faster justice to victims of heinous crimes like rape as well as prevention. The PM concluded his two-day visit to Gujarat by participating in the ‘Lakhpati Didi' event held at Vansi Borsi village of Navsari district, where financial assistance of Rs 450 crore was disbursed to more than 2.5 lakh women from over 25,000 Self-Help Groups .
He also interacted with some ‘lakhpati didis' who shared stage with him and acknowledged that the entire security of the event was handled by a team of women cops. Referring to abrogation of Article 370, Modi slammed his opponents without naming them and said the so-called champions of the Constitution turned a blind eye to injustice to women in J&K..
