Deepika Rajawat resigns from Congress towards Lal’s participation in Bharat Jodo Yatra – The Dispatch

JAMMU: In a serious jolt to Congress, Deepika Singh Rajawat has resigned from the put up of social gathering spokesperson over the anticipated participation of former minister Lal Singh within the Bharat Jodo Yatra which is coming into Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday.

In a sequence of tweets, Rajwat introduced her resignation from the social gathering, saying Lal Singh defended the rapists of the eight-year-old lady in Kathua’s Rasana and divided the whole Jammu & Kashmir to guard the rapists within the 12 months 2018.

A few days earlier, Deepika had raised objection to Lal’s participation within the Yatra, saying that this is able to malign the march.

“In view of Ch.Lal Singh’s proposal of becoming a member of @bharatjodo &  @INCJammuKashmir  permitting the identical, I’m left with no different choice however to resign from @INCIndia .Lal Singh was accountable in sabotaging the Kathua rape case in 2018 by overtly defending rapists,” Deepika tweeted Tuesday night.

In view of Ch.Lal Singh’s proposal of becoming a member of @bharatjodo & @INCJammuKashmir permitting the identical, I’m left with no different choice however to resign from @INCIndia
Lal Singh was accountable in sabotaging the Kathua rape case in 2018 by overtly defending rapists.

— Deepika Pushkar Nath (@DeepikaSRajawat) January 17, 2023

Deepika, who was additionally spokesperson of J&Ok unit of Congress, mentioned Lal Singh divided the whole area of Jammu & Kashmir to guard the rapists and Bharat Jodo Yatra is ideologically reverse to actions of the previous minister.

“Lal Singh divided the whole area of Jammu & Kashmir to guard the rapists and @bharatjodo  is ideologically reverse. On ideological grounds, I can not share the social gathering platform with such an individual,” she mentioned.

Lal Singh divided the whole area of Jammu & Kashmir to guard the rapists and @bharatjodo is ideologically reverse. On ideological grounds, I can not share the social gathering platform with such an individual. @kcvenugopalmp @Jairam_Ramesh @rajanipatil_in @RahulGandhi

— Deepika Pushkar Nath (@DeepikaSRajawat) January 17, 2023

Lal, alongside together with his colleague Chander Prakash Ganga have been compelled to resigned from their respective cupboard ministries after their controversial remarks in Kathua minor rape-and-murder case, days earlier than BJP pulled out of the coalition authorities with PDP in June 2018.

In January 2018, an eight-year-old nomadic Muslim lady in Rasana village of Kathua was kidnapped and raped in captivity after having been saved sedated for 4 days earlier than she was bludgeoned to loss of life.

Lal Singh together with Chandra Prakash Ganga have been compelled to resign from Mehbooba Mufti-led council of ministers on April 13, 2018 over their participation in a rally in assist of Kathua rapists.

After his ouster from the cupboard, Singh had led a large marketing campaign to hunt CBI probe in Kathua rape and homicide case, saying this was a conspiracy to defame total Dogra group.