NCW issues notice to BJP leader Ranjeet Bahadur Srivastava for calling Hathras victim ‘awaara’

In a video doing rounds on social media, the BJP leader from Barabanki claimed that the four men, who allegedly gangraped and brutalised the 19-year-old Dalit girl, are innocent, and questioned why are such women always found dead at certain specific spots

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October 07, 2020 / 20:29 IST

BJP leader Ranjeet Srivastava (Image: Facebook/ Ranjeet Srivastava)

The National Commission for Women (NCW) on October 7 issued a notice to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ranjeet Bahadur Srivastava for calling the Hathras rape case victim “awaara (wayward)” and suggesting that she had an affair with the accused.

The NCW has asked him to appear before it on October 26.

In a video doing rounds on social media, the BJP leader from Barabanki claimed that the four men, who allegedly gangraped and brutalised the 19-year-old Dalit girl, are “innocent”, and questioned why are “such women” always found dead at certain specific spots.

The controversial leader who has 44 criminal cases against him also claimed that the Dalit woman must have beckoned the accused to the field herself because they were having an affair.

This is the mind set of @BJP4India leader Ranjeet Shrivastav from Barabanki... @NCWIndia @sharmarekha would your kind office dare to book such mindset’s? pic.twitter.com/4cYUZsjBx9
— Netta D'Souza (@dnetta) October 6, 2020

Taking cognizance of his statement, NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma said: “He (Srivastava) is not fit to be called the leader of any party. He is showing his primitive and sick mindset, and I am going to send notice to him.”