Mangaluru: DK Youth Congress condemn Hathras rape incident with candle march, says Yogi must resign
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Youth Congress and Dakshina Kannada Mahila Congress on Thursday evening organized a candle march condemning the Hathras rape incident that has shaken the nation.
The protest was organized outside the Mangaluru City Corporation building near the Mahatma Gandhi statue. During the protest, the party workers, led by District Youth Congress President Mithun Rai demanded the resignation of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Speaking at the protest, Mithun Rai slammed the Yogi Adityanath led government in Uttar Pradesh and added that his party in the leadership of Rahul Gandhi will win the battle against the Hindutva forces that have run ruckus in the country.
Mithun also took a dig at Adityanath and added that he is better called as “Ayogi Adityanath” as “Yogi” doesn’t go well with his actions.
He further added that it was tragic that the body of the rape victim was cremated without the consent of her family. “It is shameful that such an incident has happened in our country.
He also said that it was shameful that Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi were stopped from meeting the family. This is shameful. The war has now begun, this is a war against the UP government and this will not end until we defeat them. Yogi must resign and he must apologize in media” Mithun said.
The party workers also raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and hailed Rahul Gandhi as their leader.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
