Maharashtra: Congress workers stage protest in Mumbai against the alleged gangrape of a woman in Hathras (Uttar Pradesh). After Rahul Gandhi’s Hathras visit Congress party workers are protesting against the UP CM Yogi Adityanath. Congress leaders are raising voice for the resignation of CM Yogi.
The Revenue minister in the Maharashtra government, said “The Congress party is fighting for justice for the victim’s family and a statewide ‘satyagraha’ will be held on Monday. The fight will continue till the victim’s family gets justice.”
The state Congress unit president Balasaheb Thorat said the Hathras incident has “The Yogi Adityanath government continues to remain insensitive to the issue. This case was handled in a very irresponsible and dictatorial manner. Instead of giving justice to the victim’s family, the Uttar Pradesh government threatened them.”
“There should be a judicial inquiry by the Supreme Court into the Hathras incident. The Collector of Hathras should be suspended. “Why did the police burn the body of the victim by dousing it in petrol? Why was the victim’s family threatened and misled by the UP administration? And what is the guarantee that the body that was burnt was that of the victim? The victim’s family has the right to know the answers to these questions from the Yogi Adityanath government,” the Congress leader said.
The UP government has already recommended a CBI probe into the incident. Thorat also referred to a scuffle between Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and police while he was on his way to Hathras on foot to meet family members of the victim on Thursday.
