Yahoo Finance 'Hathras victim deserves justice, not slander,' says Priyanka; calls BJP 'besharam'
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.
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.
1/2— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) October 8, 2020
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."
..Her body has been burned without the participation or consent of her family.
SHE DESERVES JUSTICE NOT SLANDER.
2/2#बेशर्मBJP— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) October 8, 2020
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. It had earlier announced a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT).
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. (ANI)
