New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi termed the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government as 'goonda raj' (rule by hooligans), hours after Ghaziabad-based journalist Vikram Joshi succumbed to bullet injury he received from a group of men, who had allegedly harassed the scribe's niece.
"Journalist Vikram Jashi was killed after he protested against the harassment against his niece. My condolence to the family. They promised Ram Raj, but gave Goondaraj," Gandhi tweeted.
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अपनी भांजी के साथ छेड़छाड़ का विरोध करने पर पत्रकार विक्रम जोशी की हत्या कर दी गयी। शोकग्रस्त परिवार को मेरी सांत्वना।
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 22, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
वादा था राम राज का, दे दिया गुंडाराज।
">अपनी भांजी के साथ छेड़छाड़ का विरोध करने पर पत्रकार विक्रम जोशी की हत्या कर दी गयी। शोकग्रस्त परिवार को मेरी सांत्वना।
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 22, 2020
वादा था राम राज का, दे दिया गुंडाराज।अपनी भांजी के साथ छेड़छाड़ का विरोध करने पर पत्रकार विक्रम जोशी की हत्या कर दी गयी। शोकग्रस्त परिवार को मेरी सांत्वना।
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 22, 2020
वादा था राम राज का, दे दिया गुंडाराज।
"Is it the same Ram Rajya that BJP promised after it came to power? This is complete 'Goondaraj'. Neither journalist, nor those who protect the law are safe in UP, so how can the common man expect justice," tweeted his party colleague Randeep Surjewala.
While addressing a press conference at Jaipur's Fairmont Hotel, Surjewala also said that the incident indicates a lack of law and order in the state. "This incident has revealed that 'Goonda raj' is prevailing in Uttar Pradesh. It is clear there is no law and order in the state," he said.
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Expressing his shock over the incident, party leader and lawyer Abhishek Singhvi said, "Shocking jungle raj in #Ghaziabad area with journalist #Joshi, already known as the complainant in #FIR, being shot on a scooter while with his daughters, struggling in a coma with a bullet in the skull! Thank God daughters not hit. Shocking, scary, disgusting lack of fear of law & order! #UP."
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Shocking jungle raaj in #Ghaziabad area with journalist #Joshi, already known as complainant in #FIR, being shot on scooter while with his daughters, struggling in coma with bullet in skull! Thank God daughters not hit. Shocking, scary, disgusting lack of fear of law & order! #UP
— Abhishek Singhvi (@DrAMSinghvi) July 22, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Shocking jungle raaj in #Ghaziabad area with journalist #Joshi, already known as complainant in #FIR, being shot on scooter while with his daughters, struggling in coma with bullet in skull! Thank God daughters not hit. Shocking, scary, disgusting lack of fear of law & order! #UP
— Abhishek Singhvi (@DrAMSinghvi) July 22, 2020Shocking jungle raaj in #Ghaziabad area with journalist #Joshi, already known as complainant in #FIR, being shot on scooter while with his daughters, struggling in coma with bullet in skull! Thank God daughters not hit. Shocking, scary, disgusting lack of fear of law & order! #UP
— Abhishek Singhvi (@DrAMSinghvi) July 22, 2020
Ajay Kumar Lallu, state Congress president said, "The Ghaziabad incident has shocked the entire state. It's a tragic incident. Nobody is safe in Uttar Pradesh. If it is not jungle raj then what is. The government remains silent while criminals are becoming more active. While leaving home in the morning, people in the state worry whether they will be able to return in the evening or not."
Congress leader Ahmed Patel also condemned the 'assassination' of Vikram Joshi.
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The shocking assassination of a journalist in UP is another example of breakdown of law & order in the state
— Ahmed Patel (@ahmedpatel) July 22, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
It is also a grim reminder of how media is being systematically intimidated since last 6yrs
Our condolences to family of Mr Joshi.We stand behind fearless journalism
">The shocking assassination of a journalist in UP is another example of breakdown of law & order in the state
— Ahmed Patel (@ahmedpatel) July 22, 2020
It is also a grim reminder of how media is being systematically intimidated since last 6yrs
Our condolences to family of Mr Joshi.We stand behind fearless journalismThe shocking assassination of a journalist in UP is another example of breakdown of law & order in the state
— Ahmed Patel (@ahmedpatel) July 22, 2020
It is also a grim reminder of how media is being systematically intimidated since last 6yrs
Our condolences to family of Mr Joshi.We stand behind fearless journalism
"The shocking assassination of a journalist in UP is another example of breakdown of law & order in the state It is also a grim reminder of how media is being systematically intimidated since last 6 yrs Our condolences to family of Mr Joshi. We stand behind fearless journalism," he wrote on Twitter.
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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had also attacked the Uttar Pradesh government over the law-and-order situation in the state after Joshi was shot at in Ghaziabad. The Congress general secretary has been attacking the Yogi Adityanath government over the law and order in UP.
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गाजियाबाद NCR में है। यहां कानून व्यवस्था का ये आलम है तो आप पूरे यूपी में कानून व्यवस्था के हाल का अंदाजा लगा लीजिए।
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) July 21, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
एक पत्रकार को इसलिए गोली मार दी गई क्योंकि उन्होंने भांजी के साथ छेड़छाड़ की तहरीर पुलिस में दी थी।
इस जंगलराज में कोई भी आमजन खुद को कैसे सुरक्षित महसूस करेगा?
">गाजियाबाद NCR में है। यहां कानून व्यवस्था का ये आलम है तो आप पूरे यूपी में कानून व्यवस्था के हाल का अंदाजा लगा लीजिए।
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) July 21, 2020
एक पत्रकार को इसलिए गोली मार दी गई क्योंकि उन्होंने भांजी के साथ छेड़छाड़ की तहरीर पुलिस में दी थी।
इस जंगलराज में कोई भी आमजन खुद को कैसे सुरक्षित महसूस करेगा?गाजियाबाद NCR में है। यहां कानून व्यवस्था का ये आलम है तो आप पूरे यूपी में कानून व्यवस्था के हाल का अंदाजा लगा लीजिए।
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) July 21, 2020
एक पत्रकार को इसलिए गोली मार दी गई क्योंकि उन्होंने भांजी के साथ छेड़छाड़ की तहरीर पुलिस में दी थी।
इस जंगलराज में कोई भी आमजन खुद को कैसे सुरक्षित महसूस करेगा?
"Ghaziabad falls in NCR. Going by the state of law and order here, one can get an idea of the situation in the entire state of UP. A journalist was shot at because he complained to the police against molestation of his niece. How will common man feel safe in such a jungle raj," she said in a tweet in Hindi.
In the meantime, the station-in-charge has been suspended and a departmental inquiry has been ordered after the journalist's family accused the police of inaction. A total of nine accused have been taken into the custody, while efforts are on to nab another accused.
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