Lucknow: Former MP and Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Rajni Patil along with other senior women leaders of the party on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath led BJP government in Uttar Pradesh and sought his resignation as he is not able to ensure women’s security in the State. They expressed dismay over the kind of treatment meted out to the daughter of Hathras and her family members by the State government.
Addressing a press conference here at UPCC headquarters, Ms Patil said the kind of treatment which was meted to the daughter of Hathras exposes the true colour of BJP and RSS. What further adds to the woes of the kin of the victim is the kind of loose statements being made by the BJP leaders. Their statements are painful. The Congress leaders said that there is a spike in crimes against women in Uttar Pradesh as there is no rule of law in the State. The criminals have full support of the government. There is Ravan Raj in Uttar Pradesh. Condemning the misbehavior of UP Police with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi when they were on way to meet the family of Hathras victim, Ms Patil warned that the people of the state would dethrone him one day.
All India Mahila Congress Committee president and former MP Sushmita Dev said that the affidavit which was filed by the UP Government in the Supreme Court on Tuesday was nothing but a bunch of lies and an attempt to save the Yogi Government. Even before the notice was issued, the UP Government filed the affidavit in the apex court, which is not only surprising but exposes the real character of the BJP government. She said that in Hindu religion, the dead are not cremated at night, but the daughter of Hathras was cremated at 2.30 o’clock in the night. The whole of the country has seen how the body was cremated. She said that the victim in her statement revealed that she was raped.
All India Women Congress Committee spokesperson Ms Supriya Shrinet said that there was a lack of seriousness in the approach of the government in investigating the whole tragic incident. The SIT was to give a report in seven days, but now its tenure has been increased by another ten days. The CBI investigation was recommended but there is no notification. She said that there was a conspiracy on the part of the government itself to spread caste violence in the state. She also expressed her anguish over the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the incident in Hathras. He is an MP from UP, but he does not have words to express his sorrow over the incident. It is shameful that not even Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani uttered no word, condemning the horror committed in Hathras.
Congress Legislature Party leader Ms Aradhana Mishra Mona said at the press conference that how serious is the Yogi Government in checking crime against women is amply proved form the fact that the term of the Women Commission ended on August 6 this year, but the panel has not yet been reconstituted even after two months. There is a flood of crimes against women in the State. Even the Supreme Court said that the situation in Uttar Pradesh was horrible. More and more crimes are being reported from different parts of the State, but the government is not doing anything. The BJP is destroying all Constitutional institutions. Yogi Adityanath must resign as he is not able to ensure security of women, and if he doesn’t resign, then the Governor should dismiss the government.
