The hashtag #JusticeForKeralaGirls is the top trending hashtag across the country on Twitter with netizens demand justice for a young rape victim in the state of Kerala. 33,900 tweets have been put out with the hashtag as of 2:37 PM. According to news reports, a 6-year-old girl was raped for 3 years by a political leader belonging to the youth wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). In a heart-wrenching incident, the girl was subsequently killed allegedly by the youth leader.
The CPI(M) is the ruling party in the state of Kerala with its leader Pinaryi Vijayan heading the state government as the Chief Minister. The trend was triggered after the opposition BJP made the tweet, “Brutal rape and killings of innocent kids will haunt the Marxist govt. Time has come to bring the state govt. to it knees which has failed to protect girls in our state.”. The Kerala unit of BJP attached an image revealing the news of the rape and murder of the six-year-old girl.
Brutal rape and killings of innocent kids will haunt the Marxist govt. Time has come to bring the state govt. to it knees which has failed to protect girls in our state. #JusticeforKeralaGirls pic.twitter.com/WDHLEZx1lI
— BJP KERALAM (@BJP4Keralam) July 12, 2021
The netizens are using the hashtag to criticize CM Vijayan over his government’s failure to protect the women and girls of Kerala. They are demanding justice for the girl and harsh punishment to be given to the accused CPI(M) leader.
“Arjun an active worker of the youth wing of @CPIMKerala brutally raped & murdered a six-year-old child in Vandiperiyar. The sitting MLA of the ruling front vehemently opposed the postmortem of the victim. @TheKeralaPolice should book the MLA under POCSO,” said BJP state president K Surendran.
Arjun an active worker of the youth wing of @CPIMKerala brutally raped & murdered a six-year-old child in Vandiperiyar. The sitting MLA of the ruling front vehemently opposed the postmortem of the victim. @TheKeralaPolice should book the MLA under POCSO. #JusticeforKeralagirls
— K Surendran (@surendranbjp) July 12, 2021
The BJP’s mahila morcha also took out a protest march against the Kerala government over the heinous incident.
Inaugurated the protest march organized by Mahila Morcha in the Vandiperiyar incident. The ruling dispensation is shamelessly protecting the perpetrators of the crime against women & children. CM @vijayanpinarayi miserably failed to ensure the safety of our sisters & daughters. pic.twitter.com/O2iMcHIWua
— K Surendran (@surendranbjp) July 12, 2021
“Dear @CMOKerala politics apart, you were also a father. Don’t you feel anything hurting you after reading all these reports? Wake up and do #JusticeforKeralagirls,” tweeted a user @binurajnair.
Dear @CMOKerala politics apart, you were also a father. Don't you feel anything hurting you after reading all these reports?
Wake up and do #JusticeforKeralagirls pic.twitter.com/jZ3axpylhS— Binu Nair Kenya🇰🇪 🇮🇳 (@binurajnair) July 12, 2021
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