Hathras Horror: Congress to hold national ‘satyagraha’ against Yogi govt on Oct 5

Greater Noida: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra started a foot-march on the highway between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh as their convoy was stopped on its way to Hathras, where they had to meet the family of the gang-rape victim who died on Tuesday and whose late night cremation by the UP police in the absence of the victim's family members has provoked nationwide outrage; in Greater Noida on Oct 1, 2020. All India Mahila Congress President Sushmita Dev also accompanied the Gandhis. The Gandhis' SUV crossed the border, but their convoy was stopped at Greater Noida, at a point that is about 142 km to Hathras. Rahul Gandhi alleged today that he was pushed to the ground and lathi-charged when he and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were marching towards Hathras.

New Delhi, (Samajweekly) The Congress will hold a ‘satyagraha’ across the country on October 5 to protest the alleged high-handedness shown by Uttar Pradesh’s Yogi Adityanath government towards top Congress leaders Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi as they were proceeding on Thursday to Hathras to meet the family of the gang-rape and murder victim.

General Secretary, Organisation, K.C. Venugopal, in a circular to all state and district units, asked them to protest against the UP government, and all senior leaders of a particular district including MP, MLAs and ex-public representatives have been asked to lead the satyagraha.

The party has asked the leaders at the state and district level to outline the programme and send it to the Congress headquarters at the earliest.

Uttar Pradesh Police personnel allegedly pushed former Congress President Rahul Gandhi to the ground near the Yamuna Expressway and detained him along with his sister and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, as they were walking towards Hathras to meet the affected family after their vehicles were stopped.

However, they were soon released and sent back to Delhi by the state police.

Rahul Gandhi had told the media: “Just now police pushed me, lathi-charged me and threw me to the ground. I want to ask, can only (Prime Minister Narendra) Modiji walk in this country? Can’t a normal person walk? Our vehicle was stopped, so we started walking.”

Priyanka Gandhi, who participated in a prayer meeting at the capital’s Valmiki Mandir on Friday, tweeted: “@myogiadityanath RESIGN. You have no moral right to continue as Chief Minister of UP.

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