Priyanka Gandhi slams Yogi government for crime against children

Priyanka Gandhi has slammed Uttar Pradesh's Yogi government over the  heinous crimes against children. Congress general secretary has raised concern on the issue through social media platforms.
Priyanka said, UP tops in crime against children. In the last few days, there have been reports of crime against children from many places of UP which will shake you up.

The law and order of UP has completely failed to provide protection to children, daughters and women. Surprisingly, after every incident, the UP Police gets engaged in covering up the incidents first.

Priyanka Gandhi had slammed the Uttar Pradesh government on the same issue earlier in July saying that for the past three years the state has topped the list in terms of murder incidents in the country.

"If we look at the data of murders in the country, then Uttar Pradesh is in top of the list for the past three years. The law and order of UP has completely failed to provide protection to children,.The law and order of UP has completely failed to provide protection to children,

She said, "From 2016-18, there was 24 percent increase in the crime against children."

The Congress leader questioned, "The home department and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh have always tried to hide these data of the state. "This has caused the criminals to roam around freely in the state. The criminals have the protection of power and the law and order bow before them. The cost of all this is being borne by dedicated officers and jawans," she added in the tweet.

A 12 year old girl was brutally murdered after rape in UP's Bulandshahar. Priyanka Gandhi said Uttar Pradesh is becoming the hub of crime. She also said that UP accounts for one-third of the total crimes against Dalits.

Taking to Twitter, Congress leader had slammed Yogi Adityanath government for falsely propagating that there is no crime in the state and had said crime against women in Uttar Pradesh increased by 21 percent from 2016 to 2018."Uttar Pradesh accounts for one-third of the total crimes against Dalits. Crime against women in Uttar Pradesh increased by 21 percent from 2016 to 2018. All these figures are pointing towards the increasing crime in Uttar Pradesh," she had tweeted attaching graphs of crime rate in various states.

She had alleged that Uttar Pradesh government is spreading propaganda of "Crime is over".