New Delhi: In a shocking incident, a woman in Uttar Pradesh was manhandled and her saree was pulled by two men as nominations were filed for local polls.
The video has gone viral on social media. According to reports, the incident took place at Lakhimpur Kheri.
The woman in the video has been identified as a proposed candidate of Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party.
Akhilesh Yadav also shared the video on Twitter, he alleged that the attackers were Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) supporters and called them “power-hungry goons of Yogi Adityanath (Chief Minister)”.
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) July 8, 2021
Also, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra posted a video of violence targetting PM Modi.
“PM and CM, please congratulate your workers in UP who resorted to bombs, stones and bullets, who snatched nomination papers, beat up journalists and misbehaved with women. Law and order is blindfolded and democracy is being disrobed,” Priyanka Gandhi tweeted in Hindi, referencing the Mahabharata.
पीएम साहब और सीएम साहब इसके लिए भी बधाई दीजिए कि
यूपी में आपके कार्यकर्ताओं ने
⭐कितनी जगह बमबाजी, गोलीबारी, पत्थरबाजी की
⭐कितने लोगों का पर्चा लूटा
⭐कितने पत्रकारों को पीटा
⭐कितनी जगह महिलाओं से बदतमीजी कीकानून व्यवस्था की आंख पर पट्टी बांधकर, लोकतंत्र का चीरहरण चल रहा है। pic.twitter.com/6H9L390frB
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) July 8, 2021
