Ahead of J&Ok leg of Bharat Jodo Yatra, row erupts over invite to ex-BJP chief
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SRI NAGAR: Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra is because of enter Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. However, the participation of former BJP minister Choudhary Lal Singh within the yatra has created an issue. The Congress spokesperson Deepika Pushkar resigned from the social gathering as a mark of protest, and former chief minister and NC chief Omar Abdullah requested the Congress to make sure that yatra will not be utilized by any chief to whitewash their previous.
“The Congress would have to see whether some leaders are using the yatra to whitewash themselves,” Omar mentioned.“We have not forgotten the role of those leaders, who had come in support of the rapists by playing with the emotions of the people. These leaders will now be using the yatra to present themselves as secular which is wrong and not good for the yatra,” he mentioned.
“The Congress leaders should see who is participating in the rally and what has been their track record,” he added.Singh had are available assist of Kathua rape and homicide accused and in addition held rallies in assist of them.An eight-year-old nomad woman was gangraped and murdered in Rasana village of Kathua in J&Ok in January 2018. Singh and one other BJP minister Chandra Prakash had been pressured to resign from the then Mehbooba Mufti-led authorities in April 2018.
J&Ok Congress spokesperson Deepika Pushkar Nath, who had legally fought the case for Kathua rape and homicide sufferer, resigned from the social gathering on Tuesday over social gathering permitting Singh to affix the yatra.“Lal Singh was responsible in sabotaging the Kathua rape case in 2018 by brazenly defending rapists. Lal Singh divided entire region of J&K to protect the rapists and @bharatjodo is ideologically opposite.On ideological grounds, I cannot share the party platform with such a person (sic),” tweeted Deepika.
SRI NAGAR: Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra is because of enter Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. However, the participation of former BJP minister Choudhary Lal Singh within the yatra has created an issue. The Congress spokesperson Deepika Pushkar resigned from the social gathering as a mark of protest, and former chief minister and NC chief Omar Abdullah requested the Congress to make sure that yatra will not be utilized by any chief to whitewash their previous.
“The Congress would have to see whether some leaders are using the yatra to whitewash themselves,” Omar mentioned.“We have not forgotten the role of those leaders, who had come in support of the rapists by playing with the emotions of the people. These leaders will now be using the yatra to present themselves as secular which is wrong and not good for the yatra,” he mentioned.
“The Congress leaders should see who is participating in the rally and what has been their track record,” he added.Singh had are available assist of Kathua rape and homicide accused and in addition held rallies in assist of them.An eight-year-old nomad woman was gangraped and murdered in Rasana village of Kathua in J&Ok in January 2018. Singh and one other BJP minister Chandra Prakash had been pressured to resign from the then Mehbooba Mufti-led authorities in April 2018.
J&Ok Congress spokesperson Deepika Pushkar Nath, who had legally fought the case for Kathua rape and homicide sufferer, resigned from the social gathering on Tuesday over social gathering permitting Singh to affix the yatra.“Lal Singh was responsible in sabotaging the Kathua rape case in 2018 by brazenly defending rapists. Lal Singh divided entire region of J&K to protect the rapists and @bharatjodo is ideologically opposite.On ideological grounds, I cannot share the party platform with such a person (sic),” tweeted Deepika.
