Don’t shed crocodile tears on Alwar: PM to Maya

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Don’t shed crocodile tears on Alwar: PM to Maya

Monday, 13 May 2019 | Virendra Nath Bhatt | Lucknow

Don’t shed crocodile tears on Alwar: PM to Maya

Modi asks agonised BSP chief to withdraw support to Raj Cong Govt; Maya retorts PM politicising Dalit’s rape

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati were locked in a bitter war of words on Sunday as the PM tried to push the BSP chief in the corner for continuing to support the Rajasthan Congress Government despite gangrape of a Dalit woman in Alwar.

Addressing election meetings in Kushinagar and Deoria in eastern Uttar Pradesh, Modi said, “Please do not shed crocodile tears. If you are serious, why don’t you withdraw support to the Congress Government in Rajasthan.”

Mayawati hit back at the PM accusing him of trying to politicise the gangrape case and also hinted that she could withdraw support to the Congress Government in Rajasthan if strict action is not taken against the perpetrators. Mayawati alleged that the PM remained silent on alleged atrocities committed against Dalits in BJP-governed States and suicide by a Dalit student in Central University Hyderabad while choosing to highlight only the Alwar incident.

“Why does he not take the moral responsibility for the attacks on Dalits in BJP-governed States and tender his resignation,” she asked. The BSP, contesting the Lok Sabha polls in alliance with the Samajwadi Party, has been at loggerheads with the BJP in UP.

The Alwar gangrape incident, however, has also led Mayawati to target the Congress. “The Congress Government suppressed the matter of gangrape for their politics. They didn’t let it come to fore till elections were over and even threatened the victim’s family. Our party had to struggle given the very little action the Congress Government took in the case,” said Mayawati.

The gruesome incident is about a Dalit woman — travelling with her husband — being waylaid by five youths who then took turns to rape her in Alwar earlier last week. The incident was reportedly also recorded by the accused men. While the Rajasthan Government has assured that the guilty will be caught and punished as per law, the blame game among the political parties is on.

While addressing election rally in Kushinagar on Sunday, the PM hit out at the Congress Government over the Alwar incident and also shredded Mayawati over her comments condemning it. Pointing out that Mayawati is supporting the Congress Government led by Ashok Gehlot, the PM accused her of shedding crocodile tears.

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