Didi raps Govt for failing to protect victim
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday criticised the BJP Government at the Centre for failing to ensure the
safety of the Unnao rape survivor and demanded a high-level probe into the accident involving the victim.
Banerjee also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to look into the incident.
Speaking on Monday, Banerjee said the incident was “extremely unfortunate” and should be probed to bring out the truth. “Everyday they (BJP) defame Bengal but does the (Central) Government have any idea about what is happening in UP? What happened in Unnao? Two relatives of the victim died and she is in serious condition. There should be a high-level probe. The prime minister should look into it,” she said.
Attacking the BJP-ruled Governments in Uttar Pradesh and the Centre for not doing enough to protect the survivor, Banerjee, a severe critic of the saffron party, said, “There is fascist rule in the country. Everyday incidents of lynching are taking place. The Prime Minister should look after the country.”
Victim’s accident shocking: Priyanka
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Monday that the road accident of the woman from Unnao, who had accused an Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA of rape, was “shocking”. Vadra wondered whether any hope for justice can be expected from ruling BJP, whose MLA Kuldeep Sengar is an accused in the case.
“The road accident involving the Unnao rape victim is shocking. Where has the CBI probe in this case reached?” she asked on Twitter. “Why is the accused MLA still in the BJP? Why is there laxity in the security of the victim and the witnesses?” “Can you hope for any justice from the BJP Government without an answer to these questions,” the Congress leader added.
A car in which the Unnao rape victim, her family and lawyer were travelling was hit by an overspeeding truck in Rae Bareli on Sunday, killing two members while leaving her and the advocate critically injured, police had said.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala alleged that the incident was a conspiracy to kill to woman. “Unnao and UP demand justice for the victim daughter of the abominable rape crime. But instead of justice, what has happened is a conspiracy to kill,” Surjewala tweeted.
Mayawati urges SC to ensure strict action
Lucknow: BSP president Mayawati on Monday urged the Supreme Court to take cognizance of the accident of a car in which the survivor of Unnao rape case, her family and lawyer were travelling.
Mayawati said prima facie it appears to be a “conspiracy” to kill the survivor. “Her maternal and paternal aunts were killed and she herself and her advocate are seriously injured. The Supreme Court need to take cognizance of the matter and ensure strict action,” she tweeted.
On Sunday, the car in which the woman, her family and lawyer were travelling was hit by an over-speeding truck in Rae Bareli, killing two members while leaving her and the advocate critically injured, police said.
Yechury: Beti Bachao slogan a warning
New Delhi: Linking the BJP to a road accident involving the Unnao rape survivor’s car, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Monday that the Government’s ‘Beti Bachao’ slogan was a “grim warning in this context” as the sexual assault case was against a ruling party lawmaker. In the Sunday road accident, a car carrying the 19-year-old survivor, who has accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar of rape, her family and lawyer was hit by a speeding truck in Rae Bareli. While her two family members were killed in the accident, she and her lawyer were critically injured, police said. “Beti Bachao! This slogan is a grim warning in this context, which involves a BJP lawmaker and party’s State Govt. This is the reality of BJP’s policies towards women,” Yechury tweeted.
Don’t ask questions if BJP MLA is accused of raping you: Rahul’s dig at Govt
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday attacked the BJP over the road accident in Uttar Pradesh in which the Unnao rape survivor was critically injured and took a dig at the Modi Government’s ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao’ scheme.
“Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao. A new special education bulletin for Indian women. Don’t ask questions if a BJP MLA is accused of having raped you,” Gandhi said in a tweet, tagging a media report on the accident.
Unnao Superintendent of Police Madhav Prasad Verma said the rape survivor, her paternal and maternal aunts along with their advocate met with an accident while on their way to meet her uncle, who is lodged in Rae Bareli jail.
A woman belonging to Makhi Police Station area in Unnao had alleged sthat BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar, a four-time MLA who represents Bangermau in the UP Assembly, raped her teenage daughter at his residence in 2017.