Why is rape accused Prajapati still part of your cabinet, UP governor asks Akhilesh

March 05, 2017 16:11

Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik has written to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav asking reasons for retaining rape accused Gayatri Prajapati in his Cabinet.

Non-bailable warrants against Prajapati and six others were issued by police on Saturday, while the ministers passport was impounded and a look-out notice issued against him.

Police had said raids were also being conducted in Lucknow, Kanpur and Amethi to trace 49-year-old Prajapati, who is absconding after being booked following a Supreme Court directive.

The rape case has come as a major embarrassment to the ruling Samajwadi Party, which has tied up with the Congress to keep the BJP at bay on ongoing elections.

At an election meeting in Jaunpur on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said, "In this country, when we do something good, we chant the Gayatri Mantra. But, the SP-Congress alliance is chanting the 'Gayatri Prajapati Mantra'.

"A case has been lodged against him (but) the chief minister went to campaign for him while he (Gayatri) was present there...Now, the police cannot trace him," Modi said.

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