On Monday, Dushyant Gautam, a former BJP National General Secretary and former president of the party’s Scheduled Caste Morcha, was appointed Governor of Sikkim.
Uttarakhand BJP state media in-charge Manveer Singh Chauhan questioned Congress’s silence over Congress MP being accused of sexual harassment by JNU students.
Uttarakhand Congress chief Ganesh Godiyal on Tuesday announced a one-hour silent fast in Dehradun to protest the appointment of Dushyant Gautam as Governor. Godiyal alleged that the appointment is a direct attempt to save Gautam, as no case can be registered against a Governor. “Meanwhile, the CBI investigation has not advanced even an inch, and the CBI has not filed any FIR against the named accused. Congress state in-charge Kumari Selja also took to social media to question the decision to appoint Gautam as governor. “The BJP government has appointed the very VIP – whose name is being cited by Ankita Bhandari’s parents as they plead for justice for their daughter – to a constitutional post like that of a Governor.
“State Congress leaders need not resort to sit-ins and fasts for political gain while feeling ashamed; rather, they should speak out against Congress leaders like Digvijaya Singh and Ajay Rai, who make objectionable remarks about women leaders within their own party; leaders who attempt to beat a female colleague with a shoe during a welcome event for a new (party) president in Lucknow, or who force female leaders and spokespersons of their own party to quit through humiliating treatment,” said Chauhan. “Appointing as Governor the VIP explicitly named by Ankita Bhandari’s parents in the Ankita Bhandari murder case is tantamount to deeply wounding the sentiments of the common people of Uttarakhand,” he said. Appointing such a person to the post of Governor is highly objectionable,” he said. Ideally, the CBI investigation should have proceeded rapidly and an FIR should have been registered against the named accused; instead, the BJP government appointed him Governor,” Selja said.
