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Bulandhshahr gang-rape : Mayawati, Sheila Dishit demand Akhilesh Yadav's resignation

by IBNS 31 Jul 2016, 10:00 pm

Bulandhsahr, Aug 1 (IBNS) : In an inevitable political spin-off to the horrific mother-daughter gang-rape in the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Maywati and Congress leader Sheila Dikshit have demanded resignation of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, lambasting the state Government for the law and order situation, reports said.

Demanding a "personal explanation" from Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati said: "If you can't manage UP, then resign as Chief Minister  on moral grounds.

Sheila Dikshit, the Chief Ministerial candidate of Congress, said : "Keep aside what the UP chief minister Akhilesh has done, this incident is very sad, shameful and heinous because if the police cannot help in such cases it signals that the law and order situation in UP is in bad shape and the common people do not feel safe in the state. "

On Friday, a family from Noida near Delhi was travelling on the highway when an iron rod hit the car, forcing the driver to stop.

A gang of five men took over the car at gunpoint and drove it to a swamp. The men robbed the family, tied up the men and dragged the 35-year-old woman and her 14-year-old daughter, took them to the bushes and gang-raped them for three hours, the police say.

The women were rescued by the police hours later.

The incident has sent a shock wave across the country, leaving many aghast.