Congress’ Udit Raj on Lakhimpur, India's Dalit politics, party poll, Rahul Gandhi and PM Modi's challengers in 2024 | Interview
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Congress’ Udit Raj spoke on the Lakhimpur case, India's Dalit politics, the party’s presidential poll and PM Modi’s challengers in 2024.
From becoming an IRS officer to floating his own party to being elected as a BJP MP to now working as a Congress leader, Dalit thinker and activist Udit Raj has had a chequered journey. Udit Raj heads the All India Confederation of SC/ST organisations and is the national president of Kamdar Karmachari Congress. He is also a member of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra organising committee.
In an interview with IndiaToday.in, Udit Raj spoke on the recent Lakhimpur rape and murder case, the overall Dalit politics in India, the Congress presidential poll and PM Modi’s challengers in the 2024 general elections. Excerpts from the interview:
Q: How do you react to the two minor Dalit sisters being raped and Killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri?
What else can you expect in a BJP government state? They have always encouraged the perpetrators of such heinous crimes. We have seen four such cases in two days in UP. Yesterday, we read about a Dalit girl being raped and killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun where similar cases have been reported in the past as well. With Yogi Adityanath’s government in charge in UP, we saw what happened in Hathras and Unnao.
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Q: The UP government says the accused in these cases were arrested immediately. How do you respond?
But why are these cases taking place in the first place? It shows confidence that such crimes can be committed and the accused will get away. Why are only Dalit girls being targeted? Like I said, we have seen four such cases in two days.
