Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra met the family of the UP rape victim this month.
New Delhi:
The governments of Punjab and Rajasthan do not deny incidents of rape unlike Uttar Pradesh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday in response to the BJP which accused the opposition leader and his family of raising issues only to settle political scores. .
“Unlike UP, the governments of Punjab and Rajasthan DO NOT deny that the girl was raped, threatening her family and blocking the course of justice. If they do, I will go there to fight for justice,” Rahul Gandhi tweeted.
Hours earlier, Union ministers Prakash Javadekar and Nirmala Sitharaman had lashed out at Congressional leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for the alleged rape and murder of a 6-year-old Dalit girl in Punjab, which is ruled by the Congress. .
Describing the incident as “extremely shocking” and calling for “strict action”, Mr. Javadekar demanded that Mr. Gandhi, who has been fiercely critical of the BJP for the alleged gang rape and murder of a young Dalit in Hathras de UP last month, stop their “political tours” and visit Punjab to “become aware of the crime against women.”
Sitharaman criticized Congress for its “selective outrage” and demanded to know why Rahul Gandhi, a “friend of tweets,” had been silent on this issue.
“The rape and murder of a six-year-old Dalit girl from Bihar, in the Tanda village of Hoshiarpur, is very shocking. Instead of political tours, Rahul Gandhi should visit Tanda and Rajasthan, and learn about incidents of crimes against women “he added. Mr. Javadekar was cited by the ANI news agency.
“Neither Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi nor Priyanka Gandhi visited the victim’s family in Tanda. They pay no attention to the injustice committed against women in the states ruled by their party, but they visit Hathras and other places to take pictures with him. family of the victim, “he added.
The comments from the BJP leaders come after Congress attacked the party government in Uttar Pradesh for the alleged gang rape in Hathras and questioned Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s record on protecting girls and women.
Mr. Gandhi and Ms. Gandhi Vadra met with the family of the young woman, who died from injuries sustained in the attack after two dramatic attempts earlier this month. They were detained each time by the UP police: the first saw Mr. Gandhi thrown to the ground by the police and the second saw Ms. Gandhi Vadra mistreated by the police while trying to protect a party worker during a lathi charge .
Both the BJP and the UP police have come under severe scrutiny for their conduct of the Hathras investigation, including by the Allahabad High Court. Police have suggested that the woman could not have been raped because forensic samples collected more than 10 days after the crime found no semen.
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