J-K Congress spokesperson Nath resigns ahead of Bharat Jodo Yatra
New Delhi, January 18: Ahead of Bharat Jodo Yatra which is scheduled to start in Jammu and Kashmir from January 20, J-K Congress spokesperson Deepika Pushkar Nath resigned from the party after its state unit "allowed" former BJP leader and Minister Choudhary Lal Singh to join Rahul Gandhi.
Taking to her Twitter account, Nat stated that she is leaving the party on ideological grounds as Singh was responsible for "sabotaging" the 2018 Kathua rape case by "brazenly defending" the rapists of an eight-year-old nomadic girl.
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In her tweet she also mentioned Rahul Gandhi and stated that, "Lal Singh divided the entire region of Jammu & Kashmir to protect the rapists and @bharatjodo is ideologically opposite. On ideological grounds, I cannot share the party platform with such a person."
Notably, when the People's Democratic Party came into collation with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Jammu and Kashmir, Singh was forced by then chief minister Mehbooba Mufti to resign as forest minister.
Notably, Rahul Gnadhi’s yatra started from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7, will end at Srinagar on January 30.
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- ANI
