com/Hlu9cSKOJG— ANI (@ANI) April 12, 2018. Thousands are present here including the common people and people from all parties.Gandhi joined the protest near the Man Singh Road at 11.”This is about our women.twitter. A Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed to probe the incident, has arrested eight people, including two Special Police Officers (SPOs) and a head constable, who was charged with destroying evidence.Several Congress leaders also poked fun at the Modi governments Beti Bachao slogan, saying the daughters were not safe in the country. What have we become if we allow politics to interfere with such unimaginable brutality perpetrated on an innocent child?” he said.On the Modi governments Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao initiative, Gandhi said it was the right slogan and the Prime Minister must start work on Beti Bachao. People of all parties, common people and women are here.”We are here against crimes being committed against women, against rapes, violence and murder and the government must act on this.”Like millions of Indians my heart hurts tonight.What have we become if we allow politics to interfere with such unimaginable brutality perpetrated on an innocent child?— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) April 12, 2018The Kathua girl, who belonged to the nomadic Bakerwal Muslim community, had disappeared from a spot near her house on January 10.New Delhi: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi led a midnight march to the India Gate in New Delhi on Thursday night to protest the Kathua and Unnao minor rape cases and said its time for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to walk the talk on beti bachao (save the girl child). India simply cannot continue to treat its women the way it does.The citys bar association has opposed the action against the accused and alleged that minority Dogras were being targeted.
We are standing here against that and we want the government to act,” he said. India simply cannot continue to treat its women the way it does.Some Congress leaders asked the people in the march to keep it a “silent” protest, even as a few were seen taking selfies as well. It concerns our women. This is a national issue and not a political one,” Gandhi said at the march in the heart of the national capital. Jammu has been on tenterhooks since the brutal rape and murder. If you cannot behave go home. Women and girls are being killed and raped.Gandhi was joined by his sister Priyanka and her husband Robert Vadra and also their children, besides scores of Congress leaders, party workers and others, who were seen shouting slogans, carrying candles and some even placards against the BJP governments at the Centre and in Uttar Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir while demanding urgent action against the perpetrators of two heinous gangrapes — one in Unnao (UP) and the other in Kathua (J&K).The Congress leaders present at the protest march to the India Gate, which in the past has seen a huge protest in the Nirbhaya rape case, included Ahmed Patel, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Salman Khurshid, Ashok Gehlot, Ajay Maken, Sushmita Dev, Haroon Yusuf, Randeep Surjewala and Ambika Soni. Now, all of you will silently walk till there pic. It is a sad state of affairs.”WATCH: Priyanka Gandhi gets angry at the candlelight march, says Nobody will push each other.— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) April 12, 2018Earlier in the day, Gandhi had expressed anguish and shock on the brutal rape and murder of an eight-year-old in Jammu and Kashmirs Kathua, and attacked the BJP government in UP for failing to act against its Gate Latch Manufacturers MLA, who is an accused in the Unnao rape case of a 17-year-old girl.Azad said the Modi government was sleeping and those facing the biggest threat were the daughters of the country during the current regime.DPCC President Ajay Maken said, “Atrocities are being committed against women in the country and the government is sleeping. The BJP is not only involved directly, it is also protesting in favour of the culprits and stopping law enforcement agencies from doing their job.How can anyone protect the culprits of such evil?What happened to Asifa at #Kathua is a crime against humanity.Several people were seen having brought their children as well, but at times, the chaotic crowd appeared getting out of control and Priyanka Vadra was shoved by some, prompting her to ask people to maintain calm and remember the “cause” for which they had come there.
It cannot go unpunished.Join me in a silent, peaceful, candlelight vigil at India Gate at midnight tonight to protest this violence and demand justice. This situation is such today that one after another incident of murder, rape and violence is taking place in various parts of the country.A week later, her body was found in the same area.Amid slogans being raised against the government at the protest march, Gandhi said the women of the country are afraid to go out today and the government must ensure their safety and help them live in peace.The police had barricaded all the routes leading to India Gate. It cannot go unpunished. “Today, Indias women are afraid of coming out in public.”This is a national issue and not a political one. You should know the reason for which you are here.Announcing the march, Gandhi had tweeted in the evening, “Like millions of Indians my heart hurts tonight.Her husband Robert Vadra said the country needs a change where women could feel safe.”How can anyone protect the culprits of such evil? What happened at #Kathua is a crime against humanity. I only want to say that the government should do something about the plight of women and the crimes against them,” he said.Amid slogans against the BJP and the Prime Minister during the march, Gandhi said the women of the country are afraid to go out today and the government must ensure their safety. We want that the government should resolve this issue so that the Indian women can come out on the roads and live a life free of fear.55 pm
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