Speed up trials of rape of minors, Rahul tells Modi

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fast track cases of rape of minors if Mr. Modi is serious about providing justice to the daughters of India.

Calling it ‘shameful’, Mr. Gandhi said there have been 19,675 cases of rapes of minors in 2016.

“There were 19,675 rapes of minors children reported in 2016. This is shameful. PM should fast track these cases and punish the guilty if he is serious about providing justice for our daughters,” tweeted Mr. Gandhi, using the hashtag #SpeakUp

His comments come a day after widespread Not In My Name protests across the country against the Kathua and Unnao rapes.

Mr. Modi had on Friday said that India’s daughter will get justice. “I want to assure the nation that no criminal will be spared. Justice will be done. Our daughters will get justice.”