Amid the growing political dispute over the Hathras incident, Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday (October 7) criticized the opposition for engaging in politics on the “corpses of the poor” and claimed that his government you will identify those people and deal with them. “With a heavy hand.”
“The faces of those who make politics about the corpses of the poor are being exposed and the government will identify each one of them and will treat them with a heavy hand according to the law of the land,” CM Yogi said in a virtual meeting. with BJP officials from the Bangarmau (Unnao) Assembly constituency, which is going to by-elections on November 3.
The prime minister of Uttar Pradesh also ordered to dispatch two ADG and DIG level special officers to Hathras district on Wednesday to maintain law and order in the area.
Hathras has been in the news since the alleged gang rape and death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman a few days ago. According to the victim’s family, she was raped by four men from the village on September 14. The victim died at the Safardajung Hospital in Delhi a few days ago, sparking protests across the country. The deceased was also cremated in the middle of the night by the Uttar Pradesh police without the consent of the family.
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Early Tuesday, CM Yogi Adityanath had claimed that the protests over the Hathras incident were planned by Congress and other opposition parties to smear the reputation of the BJP-led government in the state.
“These are the ones for whom the poor have only been a bank of votes and poverty alleviation is just another rhetorical political slogan with no spirit to elevate them,” the prime minister said.
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