Zoom News : Oct 03, 2020, 04:20 PM
Varanasi: Union women and child development minister Smriti Irani on Saturday took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who will go to meet the family of the 19-year-old Hathras gang-rape victim for the second time after being stopped from going there earlier this week. Union Minister Smriti Irani was stopped by some Congress workers in Varanasi this afternoon soon after she attacked Rahul Gandhi over his visit to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh“Rahul Gandhi’s march towards Hathras is for politics, not for justice,” Irani said while addressing a press conference in Varanasi on the recently passed farm laws.Unhappy with her comments, some Congress workers tried to stop her car in Varanasi and were heard chanting slogans: "Smriti Irani go back" and "we seek justice". Visuals showed Ms Irani, in a blue and black sari, wearing a mask, and surrounded by a large number of protesters while she was sitting in her car. A few protesters were seen carrying placards. Some of the Congress workers were later detained. Earlier today, Mr Gandhi tweeted in Hindi: "No power in the world can stop me from meeting this grieving family and sharing their pain."The Union minister said that the women’s commission informed her that it is taking all possible step to ensure justice for the victim, a Dalit. She said she has spoken to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath regarding Hathras matter and was assured that strict action would be against those dared to deprive the victim of justice.Asked if Hathras’ district magistrate who allegedly threatened the family of the victim would be suspended, she said Adityanath assured her that action would be ensured on the basis of the report of the special investigation team (SIT) which is probing the case.The Dalit woman was raped by four “upper caste” men on September 15 and she died on Tuesday at Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi . She was shifted to the Delhi hospital from the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College of Aligarh Muslim University.