Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed the BJP over the 2022 Ankita Bhandari murder case, in which a 19-year-old receptionist of an Uttarakhand resort was killed, and said the ruling party has a “warped mentality” of protecting criminals.
Because he is a prominent leader of the BJP-RSS,” Gandhi alleged. “The most shameful aspect of this tragic case is that the state government itself continues to protect that ‘VIP’ to this day. Why? “India cannot move forward until this inhuman mentality that treats women as objects for men’s use is eradicated.
Gandhi said he met Bhandari’s family here two days ago. This is the BJP’s “warped mentality — protecting rapists and criminals, providing them political protection, even welcoming convicted rapists with garlands”, he said. India will move forward only when India’s women move forward with respect, safety, equality and justice,” the former Congress chief said.
Four years have passed, but even today they are waiting for justice for a crime against their daughter that is unforgivable, the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha said in a post in Hindi on X.
The postmortem report also confirmed evidence of violence and drowning,” Gandhi said. “Ankita, just 19 years old, was a receptionist at the Vanantara Resort where she was murdered by being drowned in the Chilla canal after resisting the shameful demands of a ‘VIP’ guest.
However, Ankita’s room at the resort was demolished before any kind of investigation could take place, which is suspicious in itself, he said.
