Will Hathras case become ‘Nirbhaya moment’ for Congress?

New Delhi, Oct 1 : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and his sister and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra along with scores of leaders including Adhir Ranjan Choudhry, Ajay Kumar Lallu, Randeep Surjewala and Jitin Prasada tried to march towards Hathras on Thursday but were detained by the police and escorted back to Delhi.
Priyanka Gandhi said “the UP government is showing its arrogance instead of delivering justice it is doing injustice and our struggle will go on.” The high political optics saw Rahul Gandhi fall down and police resorting to lathicharge on the Congress workers but the party is now trying to create a ‘Nirbhaya moment’ in UP to corner the Yogi government.
It was the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape case in the national capital that rocked the nation and even the Congress government in Delhi but this time it seems the roles have reversed and Hathras gangrape has occurred in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh and the opposition is blaming the government for a cover-up.
Jitin Prasada who met the family of the victim in Delhi, said that “this is pathetic that the government of the day is trying to cover up the whole issue, there is no politics as we only wanted to meet the family.” Rahul Gandhi too seen was arguing with police officials that he wanted to go alone but not allowed.