Opposition hails SC order in Bilkis Bano case, victory of justice against arrogant BJP govt, says Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi added that Bilkis Bano’s tireless struggle was a symbol of the “victory of justice” against the “arrogant BJP government”.

चुनावी फायदे के लिए ‘न्याय की हत्या’ की प्रवृत्ति लोकतांत्रिक व्यवस्था के लिए खतरनाक है।

आज सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फैसले ने एक बार फिर देश को बता दिया कि ‘अपराधियों का संरक्षक’ कौन है।

बिलकिस बानो का अथक संघर्ष, अहंकारी भाजपा सरकार के विरुद्ध न्याय की जीत का प्रतीक है।

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 8, 2024

Congress national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said justice has prevailed. “With this order, the veil over the anti-women policies of the Bharatiya Janata Party has been removed. After this order, public’s trust in the justice system will be further strengthened. Congratulations to Bilkis Bano for continuing her fight bravely.”

Chairman of Media and Publicity Department of the Congress, Pawan Khera said the judgment quashing the release of 11 convicts has exposed the BJP’s “callous disregard for women”.

गुजरात सरकार द्वारा #BilkisBano के 11 बलात्कारियों की रिहाई को रद्द करने वाला सुप्रीम कोर्ट का फैसला, महिलाओं के प्रति भाजपा की क्रूर उपेक्षा को उजागर करता है!

यह उन लोगों के चेहरे पर तमाचा है जिन्होंने इन अपराधियों की अवैध रिहाई में मदद की व जिन्होंने न्याय पर बुलडोजर चलाकर,…

— Pawan Khera 🇮🇳 (@Pawankhera) January 8, 2024

“It is a slap on the face of those who facilitated the illegal release of these criminals and also those who garlanded the convicts and fed sweets to them, by bulldozing justice. India will not allow administration of justice to be incumbent on the religion or the caste of the victim or the perpetrator of a crime,” Khera said in a post on X.

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi demanded that the BJP governments at the Centre and in Gujarat apologise to Bilkis Bano in the wake of the Supreme Court judgment.

Welcoming the Supreme Court judgment, CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat said, “What is significant about the judgment are the findings of the court that the petitioner did not come to the court with clean hands that there were documents which were fraud documents, and the fact that the Gujarat government supported this, Gujarat government was behind the release, means that the Supreme Court judgment today is a hard slap on the face of the Gujarat government.”

“I salute Bilkis herself, her strength, courage her transformation from a victim to a survivor and a survivor to a fighter that is an example for all women in this country fighting for justice against sexual and communal crimes,” Karat added.

CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechuri, in a post on X, said, “It appears that Justice is being delivered to Bilkis Bano finally after two long decades. The brutality of gang rapes and mass murders cannot be brushed aside & the perpetrators remain unpunished.”