Congress demands PM Modi’s apology in IIT-BHU sexual assault case
A view of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) premises. File image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh on Monday targeted the ruling BJP over the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-BHU molestation case demanding bulldozer action on houses of the accused apprehended days ago and asked why the car carrying these BJP workers never overturns. Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai said his party workers would gherao and protest outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency office in Varanasi on Tuesday against the alleged involvement of the BJP’s IT cell office-bearers in the case. “Women and children are being molested and raped in Varanasi, the Lok Sabha segment of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. To bring the real face of the BJP, on how they are patronising their criminal workers, our Banaras district unit and city unit will demonstrate outside the Prime Minister’s Varanasi office on Tuesday,” said Mr. Rai in Lakhimpur Kheri, while undertaking the Uttar Pradesh Jodo Yatra. He said the Prime Minister must apologies to the …