Ram Nath Kovind, the President of India on Wednesday said that the rape and murder of the eight year old girl in Kathua was shameful.
“After 70 years of independence, such an incident occurring in any part of the country is shameful,” he said during his visit to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Trust University in Jammu on Wednesday.
“We have to think what kind of society are we developing. It is our responsibility to ensure such a thing does not happen to any girl or woman,” he said.
Kovind arrived today in Jammu on a two-day visit to the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir.
Narendra Modi, after prongled silence on Kathua and Unnao rape cases broke his silence and said that ‘our daughters will get justice.’
“I want to assure that no criminal will be spared; our daughters will get justice,” said PM, in an apparent reference to Unnao and Kathua cases.
“Such incidents shake our sensibilities,” he said, according to PTI news agency.
Earlier, two BJP Ministers who had rallied in support of the Kathua accused were forced to resign.
The BJP had said that both the ministers were ‘misled and misguided by a few people.’ The main opposition party National Conference had said that they will consider a civil disobedience movement against the government if they fail to take action against the ‘erring ministers’.
However, after resigning, Lal Singh on Tuesday began a march to demand CBI probe into the case.
“The fight is for justice only and its will be done with identifying real culprits,” Singh said while addressing hundreds of supporters at Satwari Chowk in Jammu as he began his Kathua march. “She was our own daughter. We are fighting to punish her culprits but it is unfortunate that people living far away are interpreting this case without knowing the facts,” he said.
The BJP dissociated itself from Singh’s rally. They also said that the party has also initiated an internal inquiry against two axed ministers Lal Singh and Chander Prakash Ganga for earlier participating in Hindu Ekta Manch rally in support of the accused.
