UP Police vs Priyanka Gandhi Vadra In Hathras Drama

 

Mrs Gandhi Vadra and her brother, Rahul Gandhi, were stopped at the Delhi-UP border while on their way to Hathras to meet the family of the 20-year-old Dalit woman who was allegedly gang raped and murdered last month

  

New Delhi: 

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra played the role of protector on Saturday afternoon during a brief clash between Congress workers and Uttar Pradesh cops at the toll plaza on the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) Flyover, where she and her brother were temporarily stopped while on their way to Hathras to visit the family of the Dalit woman who was gang raped and killed last month.

In visuals of the chaos at the Delhi-UP border, Mrs Gandhi Vadra - in a dark blue kurta and wearing a face mask - can be seen hopping a small yellow barricade and rushing to shield a man in a white kurta as cops with raised lathis surround her and a horde of reporters cover the ruckus.

As the video plays out Mrs Gandhi Vadra stands resolutely between the man, who appeared to be injured, and the police, despite considerable pushing and shoving, helping him to sit down by the side of the road and standing by his side.

Mrs Gandhi Vadra and her brother, Rahul Gandhi, were at the toll plaza on the DND today to make a second attempt to travel to Hathras and meet the family of the 20-year-old woman who was gang raped and died this week at a Delhi hospital from injuries sustained in that savage assault.

Her body was then cremated by the police in a secretive ceremony at 2.30 am, allegedly without giving her family members one last chance at grieving for her.

The Congress leaders' first attempt, on Thursday, ended in a tussle with cops who refused to let Mr Gandhi pass, citing orders banning large gatherings amid coronavirus concerns, and shoving him to the ground in the chaos that followed.

This time, though, facing severe criticism over its handling of the tragedy and the physical confrontation with Mr Gandhi, the Yogi Adityanath government backed down, allowing the Gandhis and two senior Congress leaders to proceed.