Alwar gangrape case: BJP demands resignation of Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot

BJP has demanded the resignation of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in the wake of the Alwar gangrape incident. The rape had provoked protests across Rajasthan after the victim's husband alleged that the police did not act quickly because of the elections.

New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday alleged "failure" of law and order in Rajasthan in the wake of the Alwar gangrape incident and demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.

Union minister Prakash Javadekar, during a press conference, condemned the incident and alleged that the Alwar gangrape incident was "kept a secret" in the wake of voting in Rajasthan on May

However, there was no immediate reaction from Congress.

Javadekar also alleged that besides the gangrape incident in Alwar, other cases of rape were also reported elsewhere in Rajasthan, which saw polling in two phases on April 29 and May 6.

The minister claimed that in the last four months of the Congress government in Rajasthan "46 cases of rape have occurred and 27 cases of atrocities against Dalits, rape or otherwise".

"We, therefore, demand the resignation of Gehlot," he said alleging "failure" of law and order in the state.

The rape had provoked protests across Rajasthan after the victim's husband alleged that the police did not act quickly because of the elections. He claimed the woman was raped on April 26 and the police informed on April 30, but the FIR was filed only May 7.