Chandigarh, June 25 -- Slamming the Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights for its "complete inaction", the Aam Aadmi Party councillor and women's wing president Premlata on Tuesday said that the body had become nothing more than a symbolic institution, failing to protect and uplift the city's most vulnerable children.

"The commission, constituted under Section 36 of the Government of India Act, 2005, and allotted a lavish office in Sector 39, has failed miserably in its mandate. Instead of working for the welfare of underprivileged children, it has become a mere showpiece," alleged Premlata.

Drawing attention to the plight of beggar children across the city, she said, "Stand at any traffic light or walk through any alley-...