Uma Bharti urges UP govt to allow mediapersons, political parties to visit Hathras victim’s family
In a series of tweets, Uma Bharti said that image of the Uttar Pradesh government and BJP has taken a beating due to the suspicious action of the police in this incident.
New Delhi: Amid the outcry over Hathras horror on a Dalit family, BJP leader Uma Bharti on Friday urged the Yogi Adityanath to allow political parties and mediaperson to meet the family members of victim.
She said that by disallowing them to visit victim’s family, it will only create doubts about the investigation by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in Hathras incident.
Bharti who is getting COVID-19 treatment in AIIMS Rishikesh, took to twitter and said, “To my knowledge there is no such rule that the family could not meet anyone during the SIT investigation. With this, the investigation of thek SIT itself will come under doubt.”
In a series of tweets, she said that image of the Uttar Pradesh government and BJP has been tarnished due to the suspicious action of the police in this incident.
“You are the ruler with very clean image. I request you to allow media persons and political parties to meet the aggrieved family,” she tweeted.
Bharti also said that had she not been COVID-19 positive she would meet the family of the victim.
“I am very restless in Corona Ward. If I had not been corona positive, I would have been sitting with that family in that village. When I will be discharged from AIIMS Rishikesh, I will definitely meet the victim’s family in Hathras. I am senior to you and your elder sister. I urge you not to invalidate my suggestion,” she said in a series of tweets.
Various parties and organisations have been demanding justice for the alleged Hathras gang-rape victim.
The 19-year-old Hathras woman died at Delhi’s Safdarjung hospital on September 29, a fortnight after allegedly being gang-raped. All the four accused in the incident have been arrested. Three-member SIT is probing the case and it will be heard in fast track court.