He has been expelled for six years for “anti-party” activities.
New Delhi:
The Assam Congress has suspended its former youth wing chief who accused Indian Youth Congress President Srinivas BV of harassment and discrimination. He has been expelled for six years for “anti-party” activities.
Taking a dig at the “model of women empowerment”, the BJP hit out at the grand old party. The ruling party also dubbed the slogan of Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.i am a girl i can fight (I’m a woman, I can fight)” Hollow.
“This is the Congress model of women empowerment! Dismiss the woman who has alleged harassment instead of providing a platform to voice her grievances. The way she has been removed from the Congress is unbecoming of women.”
i am a girl i can fight Hollow slogan,” the BJP said.
According to sources, the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) found the woman’s allegations “baseless and politically motivated” and took disciplinary action against her for maligning the party and its leaders.
The woman lodged a complaint against Srinivas at the Dispur police station on Wednesday and was summoned by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Assam Police on Thursday. He accused the Congress leader of being a “sexist and chauvinist”. The National Commission for Women (NCW) had also asked the Assam Police to probe the allegations.
Sources said that the CID may file a First Information Report or FIR against Srinivas on the basis of his complaint and will thoroughly investigate the matter.
The complainant had alleged that Srinivas and another IYC leader, Vardhan Yadav had discriminated against her on the basis of her gender and used foul language to threaten her.
She also claimed that she had informed the party leadership, including former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, about the issue, but no action was taken.
Srinivas, who is currently campaigning for the Congress ahead of next month’s assembly elections in Karnataka, had denied the allegations and filed a defamation suit against Ms Dutta for using “unparliamentary and defamatory” words against him. was filed.
The Assam Congress had on Thursday issued a show cause notice to Ms Dutta and asked her to explain why disciplinary action should not be taken against her within 24 hours.