Indian opposition politician Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (a senior leader of the Indian National Congress party and Member of Parliament) has publicly condemned a series of sexual assaults against women and girls in Delhi and Bihar, describing the attacks as "horrible" and warning that such crimes are growing more frequent and more violent. Speaking to reporters on 22 September 2026, she called on both the central government and state governments to take concrete steps to ensure women's safety on public streets, arguing that large policy programmes are meaningless if basic security cannot be guaranteed. Her remarks follow several high-profile incidents in Delhi over recent weeks, including the gang rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl in Swaroop Nagar and separate assaults on a six-year-old and a 17-year-old on 21 September.