Ramaben though is defending her action saying she never claimed to be a relative and is part of the Dalit community.
Rahul Gandhi who attracted much ire for snoozing off during the debate about Dalit atrocity in Lok Sabha committed another faux-pas a day after that. Although for this, it will be probably too harsh to blame the Congress Vice- President.
In a widely publicised picture, Rahul is seen hugging a lady, when he visited the hospital where the Una victims are admitted. But now multiple reports suggest that the lady was not related to any victim at all! According to ABP Live, Ramaben Muchhadiya is not related to the Dalit victims. She is quoted as saying, ‘I never said that I am his (victim’s) real mother but being from the Dalit community I am like his mother. He (victim) said that Amma you sit here as Rahul Gandhi is coming. So I sat. When Rahul Ji came I started crying and then he hugged me".
According to NDTV, Ramaben has criminal records for serious charges like extortion and rioting. Rahul, who was accompanied on July 21 by Congress leaders Kumari Selja and Gurudas Kamat, also had tea with the family members of the victims in this remote village near Una town of Gir-Somnath district, where the incident took place on July 11.
"We narrated to him (Rahul) what happened with my cousins and uncle. He listened to us patiently and assured us all help so that we can get justice," Jitu Sarvaiya, a cousin of the victims, told reporters after Gandhi left. "Rahulji said he feels ashamed that such incidents are still taking place in the country and gave his personal number to us to contact in case of any emergency," he said.
The Congress Vice President met Balubhai Sarvaiya and his family members, after landing at the nearby Union Territory of Diu. Seven of family members of Balubhai including him were beaten up in the incident.
"He (Rahul) also asked questions about issues and discrimination being faced by us in our village. We told them that still the practice of untouchability is prevalent here as we are made to stand away from others," Jitu, who is studying engineering at a college in Bhavnagar district, said.
"We demanded from him that those who were involved in the incident should be given exemplary punishment and kept behind bars for their entire life or else they will once again do this to someone else," he said. "We also told him about police not coming to help us when cow activists were beating my cousin brothers," he said.
With PTI inputs
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