New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Uma Bharati in a tweet told to CM Yogi Adityanath that the dubious actions of police have hurt his image. Noting that the victim of the alleged gang rape was a Dalit, she said.

She also said the girl was cremated hastily and now police have barricaded the family and the village. I am not aware of any rule which forbids people from meeting a family who are under an SIT probe. She said the incident follows the foundation laying ceremony for Ram Mandir and said that the CM, who enjoys a clean reputation, should allow members of political parties and media to meet the family of the victim.

The another BJP MP, Union Minister and Chief of Dalit outfit Republican party, also raised questions about UP police’s handling of the victim of the alleged gang rape and said that he planned to travel to Lucknow to meet Yogi.

He said the UP Government should ensure speedy trail of the accused. Another Dalit ally, Lok Jana Shakti party’s Chirag Paswan, had raised the issue with the CM earlier this week. Junior Rural Development Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyothi, who belongs UP, also criticized the police.

The saffron robed OBC leader said the victim’s body should have been handedover to the family. I am your elder sister and senior colleague. Please don’t reject my suggestion, said Uma Bharati in a tweet. And also saying that she will soon meet the family once discharged from hospital, Uma Bharat, who tested Covid- 19 positive recently, is admitted at AIIMS, Rishikesh.

I am feeling uneasy in the Covid– 19 ward. Had I not been Covid- 19 positive, I would have been sitting with the family members in the village, she said.