Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit back at the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying that the Punjab and Rajasthan governments were not ...
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit back at the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying that the Punjab and Rajasthan governments were not denying the allegations of rape. Gandhi’s comment came after BJP leaders targeted the Congress MP and his family for raising the Hathras gangrape for political reasons.
“Unlike in UP [Uttar Pradesh], the governments of Punjab and Rajasthan are NOT denying that the girl was raped, threatening her family and blocking the course of justice,” he said on Twitter. “If they do, I will go there to fight for justice.” While Punjab and Rajasthan are Congress-ruled states, BJP has its government in Uttar Pradesh.
Unlike in UP, the governments of Punjab and Rajasthan are NOT denying that the girl was raped, threatening her family and blocking the course of justice.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 24, 2020
If they do, I will go there to fight for justice. #Hathras
Earlier in the day, Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Prakash Javadekar had attacked Congress leaders Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi over the rape of a six-year-old Dalit girl in Punjab, saying they visit “every other place that can help them politically”.
“A six-year-old child of a Dalit migrant labourer from Bihar is raped, killed and the body half-burnt in Hoshiarpur and it doesn’t shake...
