Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Sunday despatched a four-page preliminary reply to the Delhi police’s discover about his “ladies nonetheless being sexually assaulted” comment made in the course of the Bharat Jodo Yatra whereas questioning the method adopted by the authorities and a sudden urgency after a 45-day delay.
IMAGE: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi leaves his residence after a staff of Delhi police met him to search details about the ‘sexual harassment’ victims, in New Delhi, March 19, 2023. Photograph: ANI Photo
The Congress chief gave the 10-point reply hours after a Delhi police staff knocked on his doorways for the third time in 5 days.
He additionally sought eight to 10 days to give an in depth response to the questions posed by the Delhi police over his January 30 remarks, the sources stated.
The police staff headed by particular commissioner of police (regulation and order) Sagar Preet Hooda arrived at Rahul Gandhi’s 12, Tughlaq Lane, residence round 10 am and was ready to meet the Congress chief after two hours, officers stated, including the staff left round 1 pm.
According to the police, Gandhi acknowledged in Srinagar in the course of the Bharat Jodo Yatra that “I’ve heard that girls are nonetheless being sexually assaulted”, and for the reason that Yatra had handed by way of Delhi additionally, they needed to confirm if any sufferer had approached the Congress chief right here in order that they will provoke a probe into the matter.
“The police had requested him to give particulars of those victims in order that safety may very well be offered to them,” an official stated.
Sending a preliminary reply somewhat earlier than 4 pm, Gandhi termed the police motion “unprecedented” and requested whether or not this had something to do with his place taken each inside and outdoors Parliament on the Adani issue, sources stated.
According to them, Gandhi additionally requested what was the urgency on the a part of the Delhi police in making two visits in as many days after an preliminary hole of 45 days after he made his speech in Srinagar.
The former Congress chief, the sources stated, requested whether or not some other political social gathering, together with the ruling social gathering, has been subjected to such type of scrutiny or questioning over their political campaigns.
An indignant Congress has condemned the Delhi police motion and attacked the Central authorities, calling it the “worst case of harassment and political vendetta”, however the BJP rejected the cost and stated the police was “solely discharging its lawful responsibility”.
