Lathi-charged by cops, says Rahul en route Hathras
October 01, 2020 15:01
Screen grab of the video showing Rahul speaking to reporters
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who is on his way to Hathras in UP to meet the family of the girl who was gang-raped and murdered tells reporters that he was manhandled by the police. "Just now police pushed me, lathicharged me and threw me to the ground. I want to ask, can only Modiji walk in this country? Can't a normal person walk? Our vehicle was stopped, so we started walking," Rahul said.
Accompanying Rahul to Hathras is Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Talking to reporters while walking on the Yamuna Expressway towards Hathras, she said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath would have to take the responsibility for the alleged gangrape of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in the district and strict action should be taken against the perpetrators of the crime. The victim died in a Delhi hospital on Tuesday.
"Since our cars have been stopped, we will walk down to Hathras as we want to meet the victim's family. We want to express our condolences to the family," Priyanka Gandhi said.
"He (Adityanath) would have to do something for women's safety. We will continue to fight till the time he does something. The women in the entire state will fight as they realise that they are not safe and secure. Everyday such incidents are happening. Eleven rape cases are registered in Uttar Pradesh every day.
"Such cases are rising and the government is not doing anything. Unless we shake the government or wake them up, they will not do anything for women's safety," she added.
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