Priyanka slams UP govt over video of cop 'beating' youth seeking action over alleged rape of girl
New Delhi, Oct 14: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday attacked the Uttar Pradesh government, alleging that "VIP treatment" was being given to a minister's son while a poor family seeking justice over their complaint of murder and rape of a 10-year-old girl was being handed a beating.
The Congress general secretary shared a video purportedly showing a police official hitting a boy as a family pleads before the official.
"Does a poor family have no right to justice? Mr. Chief Minister, why is your administration handing a beating when justice is being sought," Priyanka Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.
"You give VIP treatment to the minister's son and when the poor come with a complaint about the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl, you beat them up. What kind of justice is this?" she said, in an apparent reference to Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra's son Ashish Mishra who was arrested on Saturday by the Uttar Pradesh Police in connection with the mowing down of four farmers on October 3 in Lakhimpur Kheri in the state.
The video posted by Priyanka Gandhi is reportedly of an incident from Azamgarh district.
According to media reports, the family of a 10-year girl has alleged that she was raped and later died at a hospital during treatment. They claimed that their complaint was not being taken seriously by the police.
क्या इस गरीब परिवार को न्याय का कोई हक नहीं है? मुख्यमंत्री जी आपका प्रशासन न्याय मांगने पर पीट क्यों रहा है?
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) October 14, 2021
मंत्री के बेटे को तो आप वीआईपी ट्रीटमेंट देते हो और जब गरीब एक 10 साल की बच्ची के बलात्कार और हत्या की शिकायत लेकर पहुंचते हैं, तो उनको पीटते हो।
ये कहां का न्याय है? pic.twitter.com/sr25CAYoRl
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DMK seeks separate seating in Lok Sabha after split with Congress alliance
New Delhi: Kanimozhi Karunanidhi has written to the Lok Sabha Speaker seeking a separate seating arrangement for Members of Parliament belonging to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) following the end of the party’s alliance with the Indian National Congress.
In a letter dated May 7 addressed to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Kanimozhi said the changed political situation made it inappropriate for DMK MPs to continue sitting alongside Congress members in the House.
She requested the Speaker to make “suitable changes” in the seating arrangement of the DMK Parliamentary Party and allot separate seating for its MPs.
“In view of the changed political circumstances and as our alliance with the Indian National Congress has come to an end, it may not be appropriate for our Members to continue occupying the present seating arrangement alongside them in the House,” the letter stated.
Kanimozhi further said separate seating would help DMK members effectively discharge their responsibilities in the Lok Sabha.
