Unnao rape survivor on life support

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The Unnao gang rape survivor, who met with an accident on Sunday, is critical and on life support, doctors attending on her said while her mother demanded that she be taken to a Delhi hospital for treatment.
The woman, who has made rape allegation against BJP legislator Kuldeep Singh Sengar, her two aunts and their lawyer met with an accident while on their way to meet a kin who is lodged in Rae Bareli jail in a separate case, police said. The car in which they were travelling was hit by a truck in Rae Bareli.
While the two aunts died in the accident, the rape survivor and the lawyer received serious injuries and have been admitted to the Lucknow’s King George’s Medical University, police said.
“Both the lawyer and the woman are on ventilator support. The condition of Singh and the woman is critical. Both are under observation of medical team, said Prof Sandip Tiwari, HoD trauma surgery at the hospital.
While the Uttar Pradesh government has announced free treatment for the injured, the rape survivor’s family has demanded that she be airlifted to Delhi. “My daughter is not well, I want her to be taken to Delhi for treatment,” her mother said while blaming Sengar for the accident.
“Rape accused MLA Kuldeep Sengar is behind this incident. He has been threatening us. Sengar is in jail but he has a mobile and is giving directions,” the mother said, adding “It was not an accident but a conspiracy to eliminate all of us,” her mother told reporters at Unnao on Monday.
The Delhi Women Commission chief Swati Maliwal also wrote to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath urging him to provide assistance to airlift the rape survivor to New Delhi.
The incident dates back to June 2017 when the minor girl alleged rape by the MLA. On April 8, 2018, the survivor attempted to immolate herself outside the residence of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath to draw attention to the case.
The following day, her father was allegedly assaulted by Sengar’s brother and his accomplices in police custody, leading to fatal injuries.
A CBI probe indicted the MLA and several people connected to him of attempts to frame the survivor’s family in order to pressure her to drop the case.
A witness in the assault, Mohammed Yunus, died a few months later. Sengar has been in prison since outrage over the case grew and federal investigators stepped in.
Amarinder Singh responds to Tharoor’s choice for next Cong chief. He agrees
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will get all-round support if she is selected to take over as Congress president, senior Congress leader and Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh said on Monday.
The chief minister, who was among the first senior Congress leaders to pitch for a youth leader to step into Rahul Gandhi’s shoes after he resigned, said Priyanka Gandhi would be the best choice to take over the party reins. But the decision, he made it clear, would depend on the Congress Working Committee, the party’s top decision-making body.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi had announced his decision to resign from the party’s top post at the CWC meeting after the Congress’ crushing defeat in the national elections in May. The party won just about 52 seats in the 545-member Lok Sabha.
Congress leaders have tried to persuade Rahul Gandhi to continue, even giving him a free hand to overhaul the party structure. But it became clear that Rahul Gandhi wasn’t going to change his mind when the 49-year-old Congress chief put out a four-page note on social media earlier this month explaining his decision.
The Congress hasn’t called a meeting of the CWC to take a call on Rahul Gandhi’s replacement yet. There have been multiple statements by Congress leaders on the vacuum at the top and the possibilities that the party leadership should explore.
Shashi Tharoor, the Kerala lawmaker, waded into this public debate of sorts over the weekend when he underlined that a lack of clarify about Rahul Gandhi’s successor was hurting the party. Tharoor hoped that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who had the natural charisma to play the lead role, would throw her hat in the ring when elections to the party’s top post are held.
Capt Amarinder Singh, when asked about Tharoor’s assessment, said Priyanka Gandhi would be the perfect choice. The chief minister said Priyanka Gandhi was ideally suited to head the party that needed a dynamic young leader to rebuild it.
“She has the intelligence and instinct to understand and relate to the needs of the nation, and also has the courage to take on any challenge and take the fight to victory,” a statement by Capt Amarinder Singh‘s office said, quoting the chief minister.
Priyanka was a good bet to replace Rahul Gandhi as the new leader, said the Chief Minister.

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