8.36 am: The BJP hit a new low when on Friday when the head of its powerful IT cell, Amit Malviya, published a video that disclosed the id...
8.36 am: The BJP hit a new low when on Friday when the head of its powerful IT cell, Amit Malviya, published a video that disclosed the identity of the victim. The graphic video tweeted by Malviya is not only insensitive and factually incorrect in the manner in which he framed the text – it violates Indian law.
In the video, the victim can be seen in a state of shock stating that she was strangled since she resisted efforts at “zabaradasti” (literally force) against her. In Hindi, the word “zabaradasti” is often used as an euphemism for sexual assault. She consistently repeated this allegation in another video too.
However, Malviya misrepresented the contents of the video, claiming she only says there was an attempt to strangle her. He did not mention her allegations of sexual assault.
Read more: Hathras gangrape: By disclosing identity of dead victim, BJP sinks to new low – and violates the law
8.25 am: Adityanath criticises the Opposition for their protests against the gangrape and the subsequent forceful cremation of the Hathras complainant. He calls the outrage over the incident part of “conspiracies” to bring instability in the state.
Read more: Hathras gangrape: CM Adityanath criticises Opposition for protests, calls it ‘conspiracies’
8.21 am: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hits out at a...
