New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati will visit Uttar Pradesh's Badaun ditrict on Sunday to meet the family of the two Dalit girls who were allegedly gangraped and killed. She has demanded also President's rule in the state and said that the Centre should order speedy trial in the case.
The visit came a day after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi met the family of the two teenaged girls.
Ahead of her visit, she addressed a press conference and also hit out at Samajwadi party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav saying, "The victims' family knows that the patriarch of the Samajwadi Party government who is against the hanging of rapists cannot give them justice."
Mayawati said, "The victims' family knows that the patriarch of the SP government who is against the hanging of rapists cannot give them justice."
On the removal of Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Javed Usmani, she said that it was not good for the bureaucracy. "Usmani was brought in by the SP government for appeasing minority groups," she added.
Meanwhile, SP leader Dharmendra Yadav met the family of the girls and he has claimed that the family is satisfied with the action taken by the the state government. Facing flak over the deteriorating law and order situation in the state, the Akhilesh Yadav led Uttra Pradesh government has ordered CBI probe into the case.
Dharmendra Yadav said, "I spoke to the victims family and they are satisfied by the action taken by us. It is not a big issue if they do not want to take the compensation and shouldn't be politicised. The case has been handed over to the CBI."
After facing much criticism, the Chief Minister on Saturday agreed to order a CBI probe into the horrific crime. "The Uttar Pradesh government is ready to recommend a CBI probe. Will soon send a request to the Centre," said a statement issued by Akhilesh.
Five accused in the Badaun gangrape and murder case have been arrested while two others are still at large. Two Dalit girls were gangraped on May 27 and their bodies were found hanging from a tree in the village in Ushait area the next morning.
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