Chinmayanand case appears to be repetition of Unnao episode: Priyanka Gandhi

उत्तर प्रदेश में ये उन्नाव मामले जैसा ही दुहराव लग रहा है। अगर कोई महिला BJP नेता के खिलाफ शिकायत करती है, तो उसको न्याय मिलना तो दूर की बात, उसकी खुद की सुरक्षा की भी गारंटी नहीं रहती। #EnoughIsEnough

— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) August 28, 2019

Priyanka’s tweet came a day after an FIR was filed against Chinmayanand in Shahjahanpur after the law student, who had posted a video on Facebook alleging threat to her life by an “influential sant-politician who has destroyed lives of several girls”, went missing two days ago.

While the girl did not name anyone in the video, which appears to be shot in a car, her father alleged that she was referring to Chinmayanand. The BJP leader’s lawyer has refuted the charge, claiming that it was a “conspiracy” to blackmail him. The girl is a student in a Shahjahanpur college of which Chinmayanand is the chairman and president of the management committee.

In her tweet, Priyanka referred to the rape charge made by a 19-year-old woman from Unnao against MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who was expelled from the BJP recently. The rape survivor from Unnao and her lawyer suffered critical injuries in a car-truck collision in Rae Bareli district in Uttar Pradesh on July 28. Her two aunts died in the incident. The girl’s family alleged that the accident was an attempt to eliminate her.

Hitting back at the Congress general secretary, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s media advisor Mrityunjay Kumar advised her not to create confusion and that the police have taken all the steps in this regard.

In another tweet, Gandhi said, “Not a single day passes in Uttar Pradesh when the BJP government manages to assure women that you are safe and you will get justice if anything happens with you.” She also tagged new reports of the case involving Swami Chinmayanand in support of her tweets.

With PTI inputs