Rahul, Priyanka, Vadra stage midnight candle light protest at India Gate against Kathua gang rape and horrendous murder of Asifa

While the shameful gangrape and the most brutal murder of an eight year old girl Asifa hailing from the muslim Bakkerwal community of Kathua, Kashmir is making the breaking news in all the TV channels and headlines in newspapers, the Congress president Rahul Gandhi alongwith sister Priyanka and brother in law Robert Vadra today midnight staged a candle light procession from the party headquarter 24 Akbar Road to India Gate holding candles in their hands and expressing their outrage over the BJP – PDP government headed by Mehbooba Mufti in Jammu and Kashmir.

Hundreds of Rahul’s followers and Congress party workers with national leaders viz Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ahmed Patel, Hooda, Sanjay Nirupam etc marched alongwith Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi holding candles and playcards denouncing the Mehbooba Mufti – BJP government for the inaction in the Asifa gangrape and horrendous murder episode.

The marchers were silent and speedly marching towards India Gate carrying playcards, where the candle light procession finally converged. Castigating the state government of inaction in the Kathua gangrape and murder case Rahul Gandhi termed it a gruesome act against humanity and charged the BJP of communalising the situation to save the culprits.

Taking to Twitter the Nehru Gandhi scion and the Congress president said: How can anyone protect the culprits of such evil? What happenned to Asifa at Kathua, is a crime against humanity. It cannot go unpunished. What have we become if we allow politics to interfere with such unimaginable brutality perpetrated on an innocent child. Rahul tweeted.

It may be recalled that in the case of Asifa as well as in the UP matter involving an MLA in a rape case, both the BJP state governments have annoyed the opposition leaders as well as the local populace for the inaction. The media is excessively highlighting both the issues leading to the state and central government’s insult as in UP, centre as well in Jammu, Kashmir the BJP is running the political show with partnership in J& K. The matter of Asifa gangrape and murder has assumed national and even global significance inviting the attention of governments, courts and human right bodies.

SUNIL NEGI0