Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government forcibly stopping Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra while she was on her way to a village in Sonbhadra where 10 people were killed in a shootout this week over a land dispute is an insult to democracy.
Condemning the incident, Priyanka Gandhi had tweeted about the same on Wednesday and had questioned the UP government over its failure to establish a crime-free society.
भाजपा-राज में अपराधियों के हौसले इतने बढ़ गए हैं कि दिन-दहाड़े हत्याओं का दौर जारी है।
सोनभद्र के उम्भा गाँव में भू माफियाओं द्वारा 3 महिलाओं सहित 9 गोंड आदिवासियों की सरेआम हत्या ने दिल दहला दिया।
प्रशासन-प्रदेश मुखिया-मंत्री सब सो रहे हैं। क्या ऐसे बनेगा अपराध मुक्त प्रदेश?
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) July 17, 2019
After Priyanka Gandhi was stopped from visiting Sonbhadra — where Section 144 has been imposed — to meet the families of those killed, she sat on a dharna in Narayanpur.
“Just want to go and meet families of victims. I even said I will take only 4 people with me, but the administration is not letting us go there. They should tell us why we are being stopped. We will continue to sit here peacefully,” she said.
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Soon after, the Congress general secretary was taken away in a government vehicle.
“Yes, we still won’t be cowed down. We were only going peacefully to meet victim families(of Sonbhadra firing case). I don’t know where are they taking me, we are ready to go anywhere,” she told the media there.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Narayanpur on if she has been arrested: Yes, we still won't be cowed down. We were only going peacefully to meet victim families(of Sonbhadra firing case). I don't know where are they taking me, we are ready to go anywhere.' pic.twitter.com/q1bwkucl0g
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) July 19, 2019
As many as 10 people were killed in UP’s Sonbhadra after a shootout happened over a piece of land.
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