Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a scathing attack at Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati and asked her why she hadn’t withdrawn support to the Congress in Rajasthan after a Dalit woman was gangraped in Alwar.

Addressing a rally in Kushinagar, PM Modi said, “Behenji you will have to answer, why didn’t you withdraw support to Rajasthan’s Congress govt after a Dalit daughter was gang-raped in the state? You are shedding crocodile tears by only making statements.”

On Saturday, BSP supremo Mayawati had slammed both the Congress and the BJP and had called for the hanging of the guilty in the Alwar gang rape case in Rajasthan. She had also said that the Supreme Court should act against the Congress government in Rajasthan and the state’s police.

“The guilty in Alwar gang-rape case should be hanged till death. Supreme Court should take action against the Congress government, police and the administration in the state. This matter is not just related to Dalits but all women,” ANI quoted her as saying on Saturday.

The Alwar gang rape case came to fore in Alwar where a Dalit woman alleged that she was gang raped by five men in front of her husband. The incident took place when the couple was travelling on a bike and was waylaid by five men who beat up the husband and also made a video of the crime and circulated it on social media. The incident occurred on April 26 but a case was registered on May 2 as the victim was being threatened by the accused.

All six accused in the case have been arrested.

Earlier, the BJP had accused the Congress government of hiding the gang rape and had claimed that the crime was hidden for 11 days because the government feared a political fallout during the outgoing elections.

First Published: May 12, 2019 16:18 IST