New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at the government on Thursday over a media report on sexual exploitation of minor girls in the mines of Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot, asking "is this the India of our dreams"?
Along with a tweet, Gandhi tagged the media report that claimed that during the coronavirus crisis, a case of sexual exploitation of minor girls in the Chitrakoot mines has come to light.
"Starving family in an unplanned lockdown... These girls have paid a terrible price to live," the former Congress chief said in the tweet.
"Is this the India of our dreams?" he asked.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had also highlighted the media report on Wednesday and urged the government and the commission concerned to take immediate action on it.
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She had accused the Yogi Adityanath dispensation of indulging in "jugglery" of figures on crime rather than taking action.
Similarly, Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu too demanded the dismissal of the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in the state.
From Barabanki to Chitrakoot, the rape of girls working in mines tells about the state of law and order, he said, adding that according to the government data, Uttar Pradesh tops in crime and violence against women.
(With inputs from PTI)
