File Picture : ANI/X
Leader of Oppostion leader Rahul Gandhi met the Unnao rape survivor in New Delhi after she allegedly faced ill-treatment and said India is not just becoming a dead economy but also a dead society.
According to media reports, Rahul Gandhi met the rape survivor at his mother Sonia Gandhi’s 10, Janpath residence after the woman staged a protest in Delhi against the bail granted by the Delhi High Court to the convict in the case, expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar.
Rahul also separately said the rape survivor should be treated with respect and that justice should be ensured to her, instead of giving her injustice and fear.
“Is such treatment of a gang rape survivor appropriate? Is it her ‘fault’ that she has the courage to raise her voice for justice?”
“The fact that her perpetrator (former BJP MLA Sengar) has been granted bail is extremely disappointing and shameful — especially when the survivor is being repeatedly harassed and is living under the shadow of fear,” Gandhi said in a post in Hindi on X.
क्या एक गैंगरेप पीड़िता के साथ ऐसा व्यवहार उचित है? क्या उसकी “गलती” ये है कि वो न्याय के लिए अपनी आवाज़ उठाने की हिम्मत कर रही है? उसके अपराधी (पूर्व BJP MLA) को ज़मानत मिलना बेहद निराशाजनक और शर्मनाक है – खासकर तब, जब पीड़िता को बार-बार प्रताड़ित किया जा रहा हो, और वो डर के साए में जी रही हो। बलात्कारियों को ज़मानत, और पीड़िताओं के साथ अपराधियों सा व्यवहार – ये कैसा न्याय है? हम सिर्फ़ एक मृत अर्थव्यवस्था नहीं – ऐसी अमानवीय घटनाओं के साथ हम एक मृत समाज भी बनते जा रहे हैं। लोकतंत्र में असहमति की आवाज़ उठाना अधिकार है, और उसे दबाना अपराध। पीड़िता को सम्मान, सुरक्षा और न्याय मिलना चाहिए – न कि बेबसी, भय और अन्याय।
“Bail for rapists and treating survivors like criminals — what kind of justice is this? We are not just becoming a dead economy — with such inhuman incidents, we are also turning into a dead society,” he added.
Gandhi said in a democracy, raising a voice of dissent is a right and suppressing it is a crime.
