‘Victim deserves justice, not slander’: Priyanka Gandhi slams BJP over Hathras case
8 October, 2020 | newsx bureau
The 20-year-old woman died in Delhi last month during her treatment for horrific injuries she had sustained after shewas assaulted by four men of her village on September 14.
Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of creating a false narrative to defame the character of the Hathras victim, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said that the woman deserves justice and not slander.”Creating a narrative that defames a woman’s character and holding her somehow responsible for crimes committed against her is revolting and regressive. A heinous crime has been committed at Hathras, leaving a 20-year-old Dalit woman dead,” the Congress leader tweeted. In the following tweet, she said, “Her body has been burned without the participation or consent of her family. SHE DESERVES JUSTICE NOT SLANDER. #BesharmBJP.”
Earlier, Priyanka had accused the BJP of campaigning against the Hathras victim who had died on September 29 after allegedly being gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh and asked the State government whether it will order a judiciary enquiry in the matter.Priyanka and her brother Rahul Gandhi had last week reached Hathras after the Uttar Pradesh administration conveyed that a group of five persons can meet the victim’s family.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister has recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the incident.On Wednesday, a Special Investigation Team or SIT, set up by the Yogi Adityanath government, was given 10 more days to deliver its findings. The three-member team questioned the woman’s brother. “We have no contact with them. We have only one phone in the home. If the police has the audio of the calls, they must produce them,” he said. The 19-year-old Dalit woman from Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras had died at Delhi’s Safdarjung hospital on September 29. All the four accused in the incident have been arrested.
Creating a narrative that defames a woman’s character and holding her somehow responsible for crimes committed against her is revolting and regressive.
A heinous crime has been committed at Hathras, leaving a 20-year-old Dalit woman dead.
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— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) October 8, 2020
..Her body has been burned without the participation or consent of her family.
SHE DESERVES JUSTICE NOT SLANDER.
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— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) October 8, 2020
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