Priyanka Gandhi likely to visit Hathras gangrape victim’s family

New Delhi: As the brutal violation of 19-year-old girl in Hathras ignites tempers across the nation, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is likely to visit the family members of the Hathras rape victim who succumbed to the assault injuries at Safdarjung hospital on Tuesday.

According to sources, Priyanka Gandhi spoke to the family members of the Hathras rape victim and assured them that she would visit their house.

“Planning is being done, she can go anytime,” a source said.

Earlier in the day, the Congress leader hit out at the Yogi Adityanath government and demanding his resignation. She said that the Chief Minister has no right to continue in the post.

“I want to ask some questions to the chief minister of UP – Who ordered to cremate the body of the victim, forcefully denying the family its right to do so? Where were you sleeping for the last 14 days? Why did not you act… What kind of chief minister are you,” she tweeted in Hindi on Wednesday.

मैं यूपी के मुख्यमंत्री जी से कुछ सवाल पूछना चाहती हूँ-

परिजनों से जबरदस्ती छीन कर पीड़िता के शव को जलवा देने का आदेश किसने दिया?

पिछले 14 दिन से कहां सोए हुए थे आप? क्यों हरकत में नहीं आए?

और कब तक चलेगा ये सब? कैसे मुख्यमंत्री हैं आप? pic.twitter.com/Q2qPcDXDTT

— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) September 30, 2020

“I was on the phone with the Hathras victim’s father when he was informed that his daughter had passed away. I heard him cry out in despair. He had just been telling me that all he wanted was justice for his child. Last night he was robbed of the chance to take his daughter home for the last time and perform her last rites,” Gandhi said in her first two tweets on the issue on Wednesday.

The 19-year-old was admitted to Safdarjung hospital in Delhi in a critical condition a day before she died. She was cremated in her hometown in presence on police in the wee hours of Wednesday morning.