Dalit minor girl gang raped, impregnated in Andhra’s Kadapa; TDP’s Nara Lokesh hits out at YSRCP, YS Jagan
India Today
TDP leader Nara Lokesh has hit out against the ruling YSRCP in Andhra Pradesh after a minor Dalit girl was gang raped and impregnated. He asked why “no gun nor Jagan” came to her rescue when she was sexually abused in the CM’s native Kadapa district.
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national general secretary, Nara Lokesh, on Thursday, May 12, hit out at the ruling Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) in Andhra Pradesh over the gang rape of a minor Dalit girl in Kadapa district.
He questioned why “no gun nor Jagan” came to the rescue of a Dalit girl who was gang-raped and impregnated in Proddatur in Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s native Kadapa district.
Lokesh also called it "inhuman" on the part of the police to cover up the sexual abuse and impregnation case. The woman police wing brought the gang-rape to light and tried to do justice to the victim, but it all went in vain.
In a statement, Lokesh demanded that the government explain why police officials did not immediately register a case. “Instead of making efforts to nab the culprits, they made efforts to hush up the gang-rape. They silently shifted the girl to a private home in violation of the rules,” he said.
Nara Lokesh also recalled how crores of public money were spent on advertisements in the media to uplift Jagan Reddy's image, stating, “They widely publicised that Jagan would come before the gun to rescue victims of atrocities. But now, neither the gun nor Jagan have arrived to prevent the Proddatur atrocity.”
Lokesh said the offenders had molested and made a teenage girl pregnant. “The YSRCP Ministers should answer why they failed to do justice to her. Was it correct on the part of the Jagan rule to protect the accused? The Chief Minister had no right to talk about women's safety any more,” questioned Nara Lokesh.
The TDP leader said that it had become a habit for the YSRCP government and the police to protect the culprits even in the most heinous of atrocities. Victims were being further victimised while the offenders were being protected under Jagan Reddy's reverse rule, alleged Nara Loke
