'Why is UP CM in silent mode over brutal Hathras rape'

The opposition Congress Party has alleged that law and order had collapsed in Uttar Pradesh as the Yogi Adityanath government had 'failed to protect women' in the state. The statement came after a Dalit gang-rape victim from Hathras passed away in a Delhi hospital on Tuesday.

New Delhi: Congress on Tuesday slammed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the Hathras gang-rape incident and termed the episode as a complete 'collapse of law and order' in the state.

This comes after reports surfaced of delay of eight days while registering a case against the accused in the brutal gang-rape in which a 19-year-old Dalit woman, who was gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, died this morning at Safdarjung hospital.

While addressing media, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said, "Yogi Adityanath Government kept sitting for 8 days. Why was no action being taken against the culprits all these days? It was only when the case was highlighted that the administration woke up."

She also alleged that the police officials were in a denial mode over the crime during all these days and even dubbed it as 'fake news'.

"Why the victim was not immediately transferred to a premier institute like AIIMS for better treatment? Why the culprits have not been slapped with NSA charges? Why is UP CM in 'silent mode' over the brutal incident? When will this end? When will people of UP respect law and order?" she further asked.

Calling UP as the 'crime capital' of India, Supriya Shirnate mentioned that more than 300 BJP MLAs are facing charges of heinous crimes like murder and rape.

"I will also raise a question on absolute conspicuous silence of the Prime Minister and the women leaders of BJP, who at one point of time thought it's their moral duty to raise questions on crime against women. Today, when they are in charge of departments like that, are conspicuously silent. If you do not utter a word, you are very much hand in glove with what the criminals are doing," she added.

Earlier today, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hit out at CM Yogi Adityanath alleging that there is 'no semblance of security' for women in UP.

• ...यूपी में कानून व्यवस्था हद से ज्यादा बिगड़ चुकी है। महिलाओं की सुरक्षा का नाम-ओ-निशान नहीं है।अपराधी खुले आम अपराध कर रहे हैं।
  
  इस बच्ची के क़ातिलों को कड़ी से कड़ी सजा मिलनी चाहिए। @myogiadityanath उप्र की महिलाओं की सुरक्षा के प्रति आप जवाबदेह हैं। 2/2

  — Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) September 29, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  ...यूपी में कानून व्यवस्था हद से ज्यादा बिगड़ चुकी है। महिलाओं की सुरक्षा का नाम-ओ-निशान नहीं है।अपराधी खुले आम अपराध कर रहे हैं।
  
  इस बच्ची के क़ातिलों को कड़ी से कड़ी सजा मिलनी चाहिए। @myogiadityanath उप्र की महिलाओं की सुरक्षा के प्रति आप जवाबदेह हैं। 2/2

  — Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) September 29, 2020

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  ...यूपी में कानून व्यवस्था हद से ज्यादा बिगड़ चुकी है। महिलाओं की सुरक्षा का नाम-ओ-निशान नहीं है।अपराधी खुले आम अपराध कर रहे हैं।
  
  इस बच्ची के क़ातिलों को कड़ी से कड़ी सजा मिलनी चाहिए। @myogiadityanath उप्र की महिलाओं की सुरक्षा के प्रति आप जवाबदेह हैं। 2/2

  — Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) September 29, 2020

She tweeted, "A Dalit girl who was the victim of demoniac behaviour in Hathras has passer away at Safdarjung Hospital. For two weeks, she struggled between life and death. Law and order in UP have deteriorated to a great extent. There is no semblance for the safety of women. Criminals are committing crimes in open."

• हाथरस में फिर एक बिटिया के साथ बर्बरता और नृशंसता पूर्वक सामूहिक दुष्कर्म किया गया और फिर उसकी हत्या कर दी गई
  इस दिल दहला देनेवाली क्रूर वारदात से मन द्रवित और क्रोधाग्नि से ज्वलित है#RIPManishaValmiki pic.twitter.com/EYu9NkVhDw

  — Pramod Tiwari (@pramodtiwari700) September 29, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  हाथरस में फिर एक बिटिया के साथ बर्बरता और नृशंसता पूर्वक सामूहिक दुष्कर्म किया गया और फिर उसकी हत्या कर दी गई
  इस दिल दहला देनेवाली क्रूर वारदात से मन द्रवित और क्रोधाग्नि से ज्वलित है#RIPManishaValmiki pic.twitter.com/EYu9NkVhDw

  — Pramod Tiwari (@pramodtiwari700) September 29, 2020

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  हाथरस में फिर एक बिटिया के साथ बर्बरता और नृशंसता पूर्वक सामूहिक दुष्कर्म किया गया और फिर उसकी हत्या कर दी गई
  इस दिल दहला देनेवाली क्रूर वारदात से मन द्रवित और क्रोधाग्नि से ज्वलित है#RIPManishaValmiki pic.twitter.com/EYu9NkVhDw

  — Pramod Tiwari (@pramodtiwari700) September 29, 2020

Congress leader Pramod Tiwari also tweeted his video on Twitter, reiterating, "Hathras gang-rape is unfortunate and the barbaric nature of incident makes us feel shameful. Even Nirbhaya would be ashamed today. The victim's only fault was that she lived in a state which is ruled by BJP."