You have no moral right to continue as CM: Priyanka Gandhi to Adityanath over Hathras gang-rape

Congress leer Priyanka Gandhi Vra on Wednesday demanded Uttar Presh Chief Minister Yogi ityanath's resignation and said he has " moral right" to continue in post following allegations by Hathras gang-rape victim's kin that police forced m to conduct her last rites.

19-year-old Dalit woman, who died in a Delhi hospital a fortnight after she was gang-raped in Uttar Presh's Hathras, was cremated in early hours of Wednesday.

Her family alleged local police forced m to conduct last rites in de of night. However, local police officers told PTI that cremation was carried out "as per wishes of family".

In a series of tweets, Congress General Secretary in-charge of UP, Priyanka Gandhi, said, "I was on phone with Hathras victim's far when he was informed that his daughter h passed away. I heard him cry out in despair." "He h just been telling me that all he wanted was justice for his child. Last night victim's far was robbed of chance to take his daughter home for last time and perform her last rites," she said.

Tagging ityanath in a tweet, Priyanka Gandhi said, "RESIGN. Inste of protecting victim and her family, your government became complicit in depriving her of every single human right, even in death. You have moral right to continue as chief minister." In ar tweet in Hindi, she alleged that at 2:30 am on Wednesday "victim's kin kept requesting", but Uttar Presh ministration "forcibly" cremated woman.

" government did t protect her when she was alive. government did t provide her timely treatment when she was attacked. After her death, government took away right of family to perform last rites of ir daughter and did t respect deceased," Priyanka Gandhi said.

Hitting out at UP chief minister, she alleged, "Gross inhumanity. You did t stop crime but behaved like criminals. You did t stop atrocities, but committed atrocity on an incent child and her family twice." Tagging ityanath in a tweet and asking him to resign, Priyanka Gandhi said, "re is justice in your rule, only injustice." On September 14, young woman h gone to fields with her mor and went missing soon after. She was found later, beaten and tortured, her tongue cut as she bit it when accused attempted to strangle her.

She was first mitted to Aligarh Muslim University's Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital and n shifted to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on Monday.

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