New Delhi April 11 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday slammed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for "protecting" BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar who is accused of raping a teenage girl in Unnao.
Addressing a press conference here Congress Spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said: "The Unnao rape victim cried for justice and pleaded with Yogi Adityanath for eight-nine months. However the Yogi government did not budge because the MLA was protected by him."
The Congress leader said the Bharatiya Janata Party government s Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign should be renamed as "BJP se beti bachao" (Save girls from BJP).
On Tuesday the Uttar Pradesh Crime Branch arrested Sengar s brother Atul Singh Sengar on the charge of assaulting the 16-year-old girl s father last week after she had filed a rape complaint against the MLA.
The girl s father Surendra Singh died on Monday.
--IANS
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