"Government engaged in oppression, injustice": UP Congress chief on Dalit man's murder in Raebareli

Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 17 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai on Thursday slammed the state government over the murder of a Dalit man in Raebareli, alleging that they are "engaged in oppression and injustice."
UP Congress President's statement comes as Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, is on a visit to Fatehpur to meet the victim's family.
"Rahul Gandhi will meet the family of Hariom Valmiki today and express his condolences. This government is completely engaged in oppression and injustice... The entire Congress party stands with that Dalit family," Ajay Rai said.
Targeting the UP government over the incident, Ajay Rai said that the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath only "came to his senses" after Congress raised the issue.
"The Congress party has raised this entire issue... When Congress workers reached there (to meet the affected family), only then did CM Yogi come to his senses... After Congress strongly raised its voice for the rights of the poor and Dalit individual, the government called them and is now assisting."
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has reached Fatehpur to meet the family of the Dalit man, who was allegedly killed by a mob in Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli.
Earlier, Rahul Gandhi had taken a veiled jibe at the BJP, calling the incident a "murder of humanity, the Constitution, and justice."
He alleged that the marginalised communities in the country are being targeted by the mobs receiving the patronage of those in power.
He wrote, "The brutal murder of Dalit youth Hariom Valmiki in Raebareli is not just the murder of one person - it is the murder of humanity, the Constitution, and justice. Today in India, Dalits, Adivasis, Muslims, backward classes, and the poor - every person whose voice is weak, whose share is being snatched away, and whose life is considered cheap - is being targeted."
"In the country, hatred, violence, and mob rule have received the patronage of those in power - where bulldozers have taken the place of the Constitution, and fear has replaced justice," he added.
Further, Rahul Gandhi said that the victim's family will receive justice.
"I stand with Hariom's family - they will surely get justice. India's future rests on equality and humanity, and this country will run on the Constitution, not on the whims of the mob," the X post read.
The man was beaten to death by a group of people who "mistook him for a thief" in Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli, according to police.
In a series of actions after the incident, Uttar Pradesh Police have removed the Unchahar police station chief Sanjay Kumar and suspended five officials. The police have arrested more than 10 people linked to the incident. (ANI)