Opposition leaders slam Yogi govt over Lakhimpur rape incident

Slamming Yogi government over the gangrape of a teenage girl in Lakhimpur Kheri district, opposition leaders said that the harassment of girls and women is at its peak under the present government. The girl was allegedly raped and murdered in Isanagar on Friday and her body was later recovered from a sugarcane field.

Lucknow: Opposition leaders in Uttar Pradesh slammed the Yogi Adityanath government over the gangrape of a 13-year-old in Lakhimpur Kheri district. The leaders said that the law and order situation in the state has been deteriorating under the present government.

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav said that the harassment of girls and women is at its peak during the Bharatiya Janata Party's rule.

"The ruthless killing after raping a teenage girl in Lakhimpur Kheri, UP is a shocking incident to humanity. During the BJP's rule, harassment of girls and women of Uttar Pradesh is at its peak. Why is the BJP government offering protection to accused in cases of rape, kidnapping, crime and killings? #NoMoreBJP," Yadav tweeted on Sunday.

• उप्र के लखीमपुर खीरी में एक बेबस किशोरी से दुष्कर्म के बाद निर्मम हत्या इंसानियत को झकझोर देने वाली घटना है. भाजपाकाल में उप्र की बच्चियों व नारियों का उत्पीड़न चरम पर है.
  
  बलात्कार, अपहरण, अपराध व हत्याओं के मामले में भाजपा सरकार प्रश्रयकारी क्यों बन रही है? #NoMoreBJP

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  उप्र के लखीमपुर खीरी में एक बेबस किशोरी से दुष्कर्म के बाद निर्मम हत्या इंसानियत को झकझोर देने वाली घटना है. भाजपाकाल में उप्र की बच्चियों व नारियों का उत्पीड़न चरम पर है.
  
  बलात्कार, अपहरण, अपराध व हत्याओं के मामले में भाजपा सरकार प्रश्रयकारी क्यों बन रही है? #NoMoreBJP

  — Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) August 16, 2020

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  उप्र के लखीमपुर खीरी में एक बेबस किशोरी से दुष्कर्म के बाद निर्मम हत्या इंसानियत को झकझोर देने वाली घटना है. भाजपाकाल में उप्र की बच्चियों व नारियों का उत्पीड़न चरम पर है.
  
  बलात्कार, अपहरण, अपराध व हत्याओं के मामले में भाजपा सरकार प्रश्रयकारी क्यों बन रही है? #NoMoreBJP

  — Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) August 16, 2020

Meanwhile, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national spokesperson Sudhindra Bhadoria said that the law and order situation in the state is worsening and claimed that state government has been unable to contain crime.

READ:| 13-year-old raped and killed in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri

Bhadoria added the public is upset and wants such incidents to stop. "See, from some time, the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh has been worsening. Rape incidents, murders of Dalits, law and order have become a question in the state. The public is upset and wants such incidents to stop," he said.

"BSP chief Mayawati is repeatedly raising the issue of deteriorating law and order as it is felt that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has been unable to contain crime in the state," he said.

Earlier, the police stated that the National Security Act (NSA) will be invoked against two men accused of the gangrape of the 13-year-old girl.

The girl was allegedly raped and murdered in Isanagar in Lakhimpur Kheri on Friday. Later, the police recovered her body from a sugarcane field in the same area.

Satyendra Kumar, Superintendent of Police (SP), Lakhimpur Kheri said two men have been booked under offences of murder and gangrape, adding that action will also be taken against them under the NSA.

ANI