New Delhi , October 1,2020: Criminals, mafias and rapists are having a free run under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led Uttar Pradesh government said Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Thursday after a gang-rape case was reported from Balrampur, following closely on the heels of the Hathras incident.
She demanded that the Centre impose President’s Rule in the state as the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led government had failed to protect the women in the state.
“After Hathras incident, I hoped the Uttar Pradesh government will take action against people committing crimes against women. But a similar crime has been committed against a Dalit student in Balrampur. Under BJP’s UP government, criminals, mafias and rapists are having a free run,” Mayawati told ANI here.
The BSP chief said that the incidents had shaken her to the core and therefore she had decided to talk to the media, “in an attempt to wake up the Centre if the UP government isn’t waking up.”
She also raised questions on the actions taken against criminals in UP in the past few years.
She further said that the two incidents in Hathras and Balrampur, reminded her of the Nirbhaya case of New Delhi.
The UP government has faced backlash after another Dalit woman lost her life due to gang rape in Balrampur district, a day after the cremation of the Hathras gangrape victim, who had succumbed to her injuries, was conducted by the administration.
Centre should impose President’s rule in UP: Mayawati
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