The gang rape of Bilkis Bano and other members of her family was totally politically motivated and she was a victim of the politics of hatred. When the country is celebrating its 75th anniversary, minorities and the marginalised are becoming more and more insecure in India, Revati Laul, activist and journalist, who challenged in the Supreme Court the remission of the sentence of the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case has said.
“Where the country is heading and what is the message given when all the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case are freed when the country is celebrating the Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav,” she asked while addressing a meet-the-press programme organised by the Thrissur Press Club on Monday.
Bilkis Bano was the victim of a pogrom. The attackers wanted to teach the Muslims a lesson. Our silence was supporting the violence. There were many victims of Gujarat violence whose cases were not even considered, she said.
