Rahul Gandhi meets the members of the family of the minor lady who was allegedly raped and then murdered in Delhi.
The BJP on Wednesday accused Rahul Gandhi of utilizing the case of alleged rape and homicide of a Dalit lady in southwest Delhi for “furthering” his political agenda, and asserted that the legislation and order equipment has moved swiftly to ship justice to the sufferer’s household.
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra advised a press convention that his occasion had no situation with Gandhi, who visited the lady’s household earlier, calling for justice however what was condemnable was the Gandhi household’s “selectivism” as they by no means tweeted or spoke a phrase in the cases of atrocities in opposition to Dalit women in the Congress-ruled states like Rajasthan, Punjab and Chhattisgarh.
He additionally accused Gandhi of violating the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and one other legislation coping with juveniles by tweeting an image of the lady’s mother and father as disclosing any side of a rape sufferer’s identification is an offence.
Patra urged the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to take cognisance of the matter and situation discover to the Congress chief.
“This is using Dalits and the poor for furthering your own political agenda,” he mentioned, attacking him.
Gandhi had earlier met the household of the nine-year-old Dalit lady who died right here following an alleged sexual assault and asserted that he’s with them on the trail to justice and “will not back down even an inch”.
After assembly the sufferer’s household, the previous Congress chief mentioned the household is demanding nothing however justice and is saying that they aren’t getting it and want all the help in this.
Patra cited quite a few heinous cases of rapes and different atrocities on Dalit women and girls in Rajasthan, Punjab and Chhattisgarh to hit out on the Congress chief over his “silence”.Â
“You close your eyes and open only when you think you will have some political benefit out of it. This is appalling,” he mentioned, including that the Delhi Police has arrested 4 accused in the case.Â
A Dalit’s daughter is definitely India’s daughter, the BJP spokesperson mentioned quoting a tweet of Gandhi and shot again to ask if Dalit daughters in these Congress-ruled states aren’t India’s daughters. Rajasthan has topped the nation in the cases of rapes, Patra mentioned, citing official figures. The Rajasthan authorities had blamed registration of false FIRs allegedly by Dalits for the excessive numbers, he claimed.
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