Day before Rahul Gandhi’s Yatra enters J&K, UT Congress spokesperson resigns

Pointing out that she was quitting the party on “ideological grounds”, she said Lal Singh, a former state minister, was responsible for “sabotaging the legal case” in the 2018 gang rape and murder, “by brazenly defending” the rapists and murderers of an eight-year-old Bakerwali tribal girl in the forests of Rasana in Kathua district.

Deepika Pushkar Nath said she was "left with no option but to resign" from the Congress over the decision taken by the party's state unit to "allow" former minister Choudhary Lal Singh to join the Yatra. (Photo: Twitter/@DeepikaSRajawat&PTI)

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Ahead of the Rahul Gandhi led Bharat Jodo Yatra entering Jammu and Kashmir, Congress spokesperson Deepika Pushkar Nath has resigned in protest against the party accepting the proposal of Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan founder Choudhary Lal Singh to join the foot march at Lakhanpur.

Pointing out that she was quitting the party on “ideological grounds”, she said Lal Singh, a former state minister, was responsible for “sabotaging the legal case” in the 2018 gang rape and murder, “by brazenly defending” the rapists and murderers of an eight-year-old Bakerwali tribal girl in the forests of Rasana in Kathua district.

In view of Ch.Lal Singh’s proposal of joining @bharatjodo & @INCJammuKashmir allowing the same, I am left with no other option but to resign from @INCIndia
Lal Singh was responsible in sabotaging the Kathua rape case in 2018 by brazenly defending rapists.

— Deepika Pushkar Nath (@DeepikaSRajawat) January 17, 2023

“In view of Ch Lal Singh’s proposal of joining @bharatjodo & @INCJammuKashmir allowing the same, I am left with no other option but to resign from @INCIndia(.) Lal Singh was responsible in sabotaging the Kathua rape case in 2018 by brazenly defending rapists,” Deepika Pushkar Nath wrote on Twitter. “Lal Singh divided the entire region of Jammu & Kashmir to protect the rapists and @bharatjodo is ideologically opposite [sic]. On ideological grounds, I cannot share the party platform with such a person,” she wrote.

As a lawyer, Deepika had represented the victim’s parents in the J&K High Court, and sought a court-monitored investigation into the matter. She had also taken the accused to the Supreme Court, seeking transfer of the trial from J&K to Pathankot in neighbouring Punjab.

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