‘In contrast to UP…’: Rahul Gandhi counters BJP’s ‘silence’ jibe over Hoshiarpur rape case
Up to date: October 24, 2020 8:47:14 pm
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra exams on her brother Rahul Gandhi who used to be allegedly roughed up through the UP police en path to Hathras to satisfy the circle of relatives of the sufferer (Document/ANI)
Hours after BJP chief and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman puzzled the Congress’s “silence” at the Hoshiarpur rape case, party chief Rahul Gandhi countered through pronouncing that the governments of Punjab and Rajasthan aren’t denying incidents of rape not like the Uttar Pradesh. He mentioned that he’s going to “pass there to combat for justice” if the state governments fail to take action.
“In contrast to in UP, the governments of Punjab and Rajasthan are NOT denying that the woman used to be raped, threatening her circle of relatives and blocking off the process justice. In the event that they do, I will be able to pass there to combat for justice,” Gandhi tweeted.
In contrast to in UP, the governments of Punjab and Rajasthan are NOT denying that the woman used to be raped, threatening her circle of relatives and blocking off the process justice.
In the event that they do, I will be able to pass there to combat for justice. #Hathras
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 24, 2020
The Congress chief’s UP reference used to be in regards to the Hathras case the place a 19-year-old Dalit lady died after she used to be allegedly gangraped through four-upper caste males and used to be hurriedly cremated through officers with out the circle of relatives’s presence.
Gandhi, at the side of his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and different Congress leaders had then visited the place of abode of the sufferer in Hathras and confident them toughen.
Evaluating the 2 instances, Sitharaman puzzled why no “picnic” used to be organised through the Congress leaders to satisfy the relatives of the six-year-old kid whose half-burnt frame used to be came upon through Punjab police on Wednesday night time.
Whilst relating to Rahul and his sister, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s seek advice from to the Hathras village, Sitharaman mentioned: “Within the Hathras rape case, it appeared as even though they had been all going out for a picnic. The brother and sister ran against the village. However why no longer relating to Hoshiarpur or Rajasthan? The selective outrage of the party has been totally uncovered.”
“Why used to be there no reaction from the ‘tweet-friendly’ chief? Does this selective outrage go well with the Congress party? No less than 35 MPs had been flamboyant of their statements on Twitter relating to Hathras. The place are the ones 35 MPs nowadays?” she added.
Noting that the younger lady belonged to a Dalit migrant circle of relatives from Bihar, Sitharaman additionally took a swipe at Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Tejashwi Yadav, wondering if he had requested Rahul Gandhi about the problem whilst keeping a joint ballot marketing campaign with him within the state.
The six-year-old rape sufferer in Hoshiarpur village used to be cremated amid prime safety on Friday. The closing rites of the minor had been attended through her whole village the place the circle of relatives demanded capital punishment for the accused. Leader Minister Amarinder Singh, in the meantime, directed the DGP to habits a swift probe within the subject.
The CM, in a observation, mentioned he himself directed the director common of police to be sure that the case is fast-tracked through the courts to make sure strict and exemplary motion for the accused. He ridiculed the BJP leaders’ grievance of the silence of the Congress management at the case, dubbing their remarks as “political puffery” without a substance or foundation to toughen their grievance.
(Inputs from PTI)
