The Congress on January 1 questioned the silence of top BJP leadership, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, over the arrest of three office-bearers of the BJP’s IT cell, who have been accused of raping a Banaras Hindu University (BHU) student on the campus last November.
Addressing a press conference here along with party leader Dolly Sharma, All India Mahila Congress (AIMC) president Netta D’Souza said all the three accused — Kunal Pandey, Abhishek Chauhan and Sakhsham Patel — were active office-bearers of the BJP’s IT cell.
Ms. D’Souza asked why Mr. Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani were silent after their photographs with the rape accused surfaced in public domain.
