"Want to throw UP into fire of anarchy": UP Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak attacks Rahul Gandhi's Hathras visit
Dec 12, 2024
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 12 : Reacting to Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's visit to Hathras, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Thursday called the latter "victim of frustration," and accused the Congress leader of exploiting the situation and inciting unrest.
"Rahul Gandhi, you have a feeling of despair, you are a victim of frustration. You do not even know that the CBI has investigated the Hathras case. The case is going on in the court...Sometimes you want to visit Sambhal, Aligarh. You are completely derailed," Pathak said in a self-made video.
Meanwhile, security arrangements have been enhanced in Hathras ahead of Rahul Gandhi's visit to the district to meet the family of the 2020 rape victim.
He further said that Uttar Pradesh is moving ahead rapidly to become the number 1 state in all the terms.
"Today Uttar Pradesh is moving ahead rapidly to become the number 1 state in terms of infrastructure, in terms of law and order. The law and order of Uttar Pradesh is discussed in the whole nation. Today we can say that the industrial revolution is coming in Uttar Pradesh. Whereas you want to throw Uttar Pradesh into the fire of anarchy, in the fire of riots, you want to incite people. Please do not do this, I request you that Uttar Pradesh is getting ready to become the number 1 state in the whole nation," he added.
The Lok Sabha LoP is likely to visit Hathras and will meet the family of the 19-year-old Dalit woman who succumbed to her injuries after being assaulted and allegedly gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras in 2020.
In 2020, Rahul Gandhi met the family and also accused the Yogi Adityanath government of "exploitation" and unleashing "atrocities" on the victim's family.
"See, #Hathras what kind of exploitation and atrocities the victim's family had to face at the hands of the UP government. It is very important for every Indian to know the truth about the injustice done to him," he said in a post on X in 2020. 
A 19-year-old Dalit woman succumbed to her injuries at Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital on September 29, 2020, after being assaulted and allegedly gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras on September 14, 2020.
Her mortal remains were taken to her native place, where the UP Police and administration allegedly cremated her body without the family's consent or presence.
