Priyanka Gandhi blames BJP for harassment of nuns on train

In a pointy assault, Congress common secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday accused the BJP-led authorities of “enabling” goons to harass younger ladies who have been commuting on a train.

Her feedback come simply days after two nuns and two postulants of the Sacred Heart Congregation have been pressured to get off a train by the railway police in Jhansi.

The incident occurred final Friday, and a video clip of it went viral on Wednesday.

In the clip, a bunch of males, claiming to be related to ‘Puucho Samaaj’, have been heard asking inquiries to the women about their faith and in the event that they have been being taken for ‘forceful conversion’.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah in regards to the incident. Mr. Shah, at an election rally in Kerala, promised motion towards the culprits.

“Which political party runs the government that enables these goons to harass and demand personal details of young women commuting on a train? BJP. Which political party do these goons belong to? BJP. Which party’s student wing are some of them members of? BJP. And now that there is an election in Kerala HM @AmitShah is busy giving hollow statements about protecting nuns from harassment. Really?” requested Ms. Vadra on twitter.

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi tweeted on Wednesday that “the attack in U.P. on nuns from Kerala is a result of the vicious propaganda run by the Sangh Parivar to pitch one community against another and trample the minorities”.

Without instantly referring to the incident, Mr. Gandhi additionally tweeted that he would now not confer with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its associates because the Sangh Parivar.

“To refer to RSS and its affiliates as Sangh Parivar, in my view, is not right. In a family, there are women, respect for the elderly, love and compassion. RSS has none of this. I won’t refer to the RSS as the Sangh Parivar,” Mr. Gandhi tweeted on Thursday.