Rahul Gandhi's question to the government

New Delhi:

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the release of 11 rape and murder convicts in Gujarat's Bilkis Bano case.

Rahul alleged that the whole country is seeing the difference between the words and deeds of the Prime Minister.

The Congress leader targeted the Prime Minister on this matter when, on the occasion of Independence Day last Monday, in his address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort, he said that respect for women is an important pillar for India's progress. Is.

He had stressed on the need to support 'Nari Shakti'.

All 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case in Gujarat were released on Monday.

Now Rahul Gandhi has targeted the government on this matter.

Rahul tweeted on social media and wrote, "Those who raped a 5-month pregnant woman and killed her 3-year-old girl were released during the 'Azadi Ke Amrit Mahotsav'. What message are you giving to women? Prime Minister, the whole country is seeing the difference between your words and deeds."

The government is facing a lot of criticism after the release of the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case case.

The whole party is trying to surround the BJP on this issue.

In this episode, Rahul Gandhi questioned the decision of the government in his tweet.

Let us tell you that the Gujarat government released the convicts in the Bano case under its pardon policy.

A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Mumbai sentenced 11 convicts to life imprisonment on January 21, 2008 for the gang rape and murder of seven members of Bano's family.

Those who raped a 5-month pregnant woman and killed her 3-year-old girl were released during the 'Azadi Ke Amrit Mahotsav'.



What is the message giving to the women of the country who are talking about women power?



Prime Minister, the whole country is seeing the difference between your words and deeds.

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 17, 2022

After this, the Bombay High Court had upheld his sentence, these convicts served more than 15 years of imprisonment, after which one of them had approached the Supreme Court for premature release.

In fact, the Supreme Court directed the Gujarat government to consider pardon on punishment.

After this the government formed a committee.

Maytra was the head of the committee.

Maytra said that the committee constituted a few months ago unanimously decided in favor of pardoning all the 11 convicts in the case.

The recommendation was sent to the state government and yesterday we got orders for his release.

what is bilkis banu case

In 2002, during the post-Godhra riots on March 3, a mob attacked the family of Bilkis Bano in Randhikpur village of Limkheda taluka of Dahod district.

Bilkis was five months pregnant at the time.

Bilkis was gang-raped.

Along with this, seven members of his family were brutally murdered.

The accused in this case were arrested in 2004.


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