Taking a swipe at the Gujarat government, led by means of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Mahua Moitra, the Trinamool Congress Member of Parliament, today got here down closely upon the choice to launch from prison the eleven guys who had been convicted in the Bilkis Bano gang rape incident throughout the Gujarat riots in 2002.
Ms Moitra, the TMC MP from Krishnanagar, today tweeted, “This nation had higher figure out whether Bilkis Bano is a woman or a Muslim.”
The choice to release the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case, all of whom were serving life sentences in Godhra sub-jail, sparked nationwide outrage and protests, as video footage showed the accused being showered with garlands and sweets after their release has gone viral on Social media from jail.
Bilkis Bano’s family was left reeling after the Gujarat government released eleven rapists on Independence Day on Monday. “The Supreme Court, the Bombay High Court has ordered and yet … in just one move, our 18-year war has ended. we are scared We were not informed about the release,” Bilquis Bano’s husband Yakub Rasool had earlier told NDTV in a separate interview.
A committee constituted by the Gujarat authorities came to a unanimous decision in favor of remission, after the private coverage of the state in 1992. The count was made after one of the convicts approached the Supreme Court. The court asked the nation to look into the matter.
