Priyanka accuses UP govt of patronising criminals

Tribune News Service

Lucknow, December 7

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday declared that Uttar Pradesh was clearly no land for women. “Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath says there is no place for criminals in Uttar Pradesh. It appears that there is no place for women here,” she said.

She briefly spoke to the media after spending almost half an hour with the grieving family of the Unnao rape victim as huge crowds collected near the victim's house to have a glimpse of the Congress leader.

She wanted to know who was responsible for the rape victim’s death. Accusing gram pradhan Hari Shankar of being close to the BJP, Priyanka said the rape victim’s family had been terrorised for almost a year during which no one from the district administration or the government came forward to help the beleaguered family.

“Emboldened by his political connections the gram pradhan had some time ago entered the house of the rape victim, dragged out the father and beat him up mercilessly,” she added.

Blaming Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath for the sorry state of affairs, she said criminals in Uttar Pradesh no longer feared the law enforcing machinery and it was women who were scared.