BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi on Friday conducted a press conference where she hit out at the Opposition for 'communalising' the Kathua rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl. She also spoke of the Unnao rape of a minor girl, who is now an adult, allegedly at the hands of a BJP MLA, saying that appropriate action has been taken by law enforcement agencies.
BJP spokesperson and MP Meenakshi Lekhi on Friday conducted a press conference where she hit out at the Opposition for 'communalising' the Kathua rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl. She also spoke of the Unnao rape of a minor girl, who is now an adult, allegedly at the hands of a BJP MLA, saying that appropriate action has been taken by law enforcement agencies.
Lekhi also said that two MLAs who supported the Kathua accused at rallies in Jammu and Kashmir had been 'misled'.
“They should not have protested. They should have ideally not commented until an investigation was conducted. The J&K police conducted a thorough investigation and have arrested the accused,” she said, adding that the protests and vigils conducted by Opposition was a ploy to communalise the incident.
While speaking of the Unnao incident, Lekhi said that the incident took place last year, but when the victim approached the court, she did not take Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the accused BJP MLA’s name before the magistrate. “She later took his name, which resulted in the complaint filed by the accused against the victim’s family. Currently, Sengar is being questioned by the CBI, but his brother Atul Singh was arrested for assaulting the victim’s father,” Lekhi told mediapersons .
She also highlighted a rape-and-murder case from Nangaon, Assam where a Class Five girl, aged 12, was raped and burnt alive by a 21-year-old by a three individuals including one named Zakir Hussain. She claimed: "Nobody has reported anything about Zakir Hussain. Please don’t communalise rape cases. All the victims deserve justice."
She went on allege there was conspiracy against the Centre. She said: “You see their plan, first shout 'minority minority', then 'Dalit Dalit', and now 'women women' and then try to somehow fix blame of state issues on the centre. All this while ignoring the strict action being taken by state govts.”
Twitterati were visibly unimpressed:
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