Priyanka Gandhi. PTI file
New Delhi, January 14
The BJP on Friday hit out at Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over the suspected rape case of a mentally-challenged minor girl in Rajasthan, accusing her of engaging in “selective politics” and using the cause of atrocities against women to push her politics.
“She claims to champion the cause of women in Uttar Pradesh with a slogan like ‘Ladki hoon, lad sakti hoon’, but her suggestion to women in a Congress-ruled state like Rajasthan is ‘Ladki ho to ladna mana hai’,” BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said.
“Everyone should speak for justice for women and raise their voice against any atrocity against them. However, when the issue is used selectively to push political ambition and agenda like Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi have done, it becomes unforgivable,” he said, adding that neither Priyanka nor her brother Rahul visited the victim’s family or met her, as she battles for life in hospital, like they do in states that are not ruled by the Congress
Patra also alleged that Priyanka was celebrating her birthday at Ranthambhore in Rajasthan and a BJP delegation wanting to meet her over the issue was denied access.
He also asked if she had sought a report from Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot about the ghastly incident.
Patra also objected to a comment attributed to the state’s WCD Minister that the accused were not sporting a ‘tilak’ that they could be identified and demanded an apology from her and Gehlot.
The Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission on Thursday directed the Alwar district administration and the SP to submit a report by January 18 in connection with the assault of the girl found in a distressed state with injuries on her private parts.
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