Congress general secretary icharge UP east, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, fired a fresh salvo on Yogi Adityanath government, alleging that the girls facing sexual harassment from Bharatiya Janata Party leaders were facing threat to their lives.
She also said the alleged harassment of a woman student by former Union minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand in Shahjahanpur appeared to be a repetition of the Unnao case.
“If any woman complains against a BJP leader, far from getting justice, there is not even the guarantee of her safety,” she tweeted.
Expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar is accused of raping a girl and later killing her father and even making an attempt on her life to go scot free.
“Not a single day passes in Uttar Pradesh when the BJP government manages to assure women that they are safe and that if something happens to them, they will get justice,” Priyanka wrote in Hindi, in a series of tweets.
On Tuesday, Uttar Pradesh Police registered a case of kidnapping and criminal intimidation against Swami Chinmayanand after a 23-year-old law student, who had posted a video on social media alleging exploitation by powerful people in the management of her college, went missing on Saturday. The woman does not name anyone in her video, but her father has filed a missing complaint naming Chinmayanand, who is the chairman of the management committee of the college in Shahjahanpur.
A case of kidnapping and criminal intimidation was registered against ex-BJP MP Swami Chinmayanand.
She also tagged new reports of the case involving Swami Chinmayanand in support of her tweets.
“Last year, the BJP government had withdrawn a rape case against accused (Chinmayanand). It’s clear where the government is standing. Girls in Uttar Pradesh are watching everything,” she said in the microblogging site.
“The girl, who raised voice is missing or deliberately being taken away. What is happening with her nobody knows. Till when this will continue?” she posed in another tweet.
In its complaint against Chinmayanand, the police have not addressed the allegation of sexual harassment made by the woman’s father. Chinmayanand’s lawyer has rubbished the allegations, calling them an attempt to extort money from the former MP, who was once Union minister for internal security.
The woman’s video, begging Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for help, has been widely circulated.