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Remember the nuns who had been viciously attacked by Hindutva goons in Jhansi? It could have by no means occurred

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With the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections on their thoughts, each Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress scion Rahul Gandhi launched an offensive towards the Central authorities after studies alleging that two Kerala nuns had been attacked and deboarded from the practice in Jhansi by Hindutva goons. However, Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has squarely denied any such incident and as an alternative has claimed that Vijayan is ‘lying about the attack’.In a twist to the alleged assault on two Kerala nuns on a practice passing through Uttar Pradesh, Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday claimed that there was “no attack” on the 2 nuns through the practice journey. He additional alleged that Kerala Chief Minister Vijayan was “lying and making false statements” on the difficulty.“There was no attack on any nun whatsoever…the Chief Minister of the state (Kerala) is completely lying and making false statements when he says that,” stated Goyal.He added, “There was an allegation. Some people made a complaint (against the nuns). It is the duty of the police to find out whether the complaint is correct or wrong. Police made enquiries. Checked all their documents, made enquiries (to ensure) that they are genuine passengers going for the correct purpose and then immediately let them go.”When pressed upon the allegations that the scholar activists related to the Sangh Parivar outfit had pulled the nuns out of the practice, Goyal replied, “That is absolutely wrong.”The alleged incident, at the moment below scrutiny, is that of two nuns belonging to a Kerala-based congregation, who had been travelling on a practice from Delhi to Rourkela in Odisha with their two postulates on March 19, had been allegedly compelled to deboard the practice in Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi after an ABVP employee accused them of compelled conversion.It was being alleged that the 2 nuns and two postulants had been deboarded from the categorical practice and detained for questioning by the railway police in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan was fast to shoot off a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah as he sought his intervention within the matter. Vijayan, in his letter, alleged that the nuns and postulants harassed by Bajrang Dal members and police in Jhansi with Shah replying to the letter the place he claimed that strict motion will probably be taken towards these concerned within the incident.Rahul Gandhi had additionally jumped on the bandwagon as he had tweeted in regards to the incident. “The attack in UP on nuns from Kerala is a result of the vicious propaganda run by the Sangh Parivar to pitch one community against another and trample the minorities,” tweeted the Congress scion.The dynast added that it was time for the nation to “introspect and take corrective steps to defeat such divisive forces”.The assault in UP on nuns from Kerala is a results of the vicious propaganda run by the Sangh Parivar to pitch one group towards one other and trample the minorities.Time for us as a nation to introspect and take corrective steps to defeat such divisive forces.— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 24, 2021Union Minister Piyush Goyal’s assertion appears to be a twist to the alleged assault on two Kerala nuns on a practice passing through Uttar Pradesh. If the incident certainly didn’t occur, then Vijayan and Gandhi should tender an unconditional apology for deceptive the lots.