Lucknow: UP minister Mohd Azam Khan, on Tuesday, stirred yet another controversy when he said that the Bulandshahar highway rape case could be a ‘political conspiracy to malign the image of the Akhilesh government’.
The BJP reacted sharply to the minister’s statement and state BJP president Keshav Maurya said, “The statement shows the utter lack of sensitivity on the part of the government. We demand a CBI inquiry into the incident”.
Mr Khan told reporters in Rampur, “We need to investigate whether this is a conspiracy by opponents who want to defame the government”. He further said, “For votes, some people can stoop to any level. There can be a Muzaffarnagar, a Shamli and Kairana...why not this? For power, politicians can murder people, trigger riots, kill innocent people, so the truth has to be found out. It could be the handiwork of those who want to gain power by tarnishing the image of this government”.
Mr Khan’s statement comes ahead of chief minister Akhilesh Yadav’s plan to meet the victims on Thursday. The state government has been facing flak over the incident with the BSP, Congress and BJP demanding the CM’s resignation.
Meanwhile, the victim’s family have said they don’t want politicians visiting them. They only want justice.
