Congress leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi, staged a protest in Parliament against the arrest of two Catholic nuns in Chhattisgarh over alleged forced conversion and trafficking. The bail plea was rejected by a sessions court, directing them to approach a special court under the new BNS law.
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi (centre) and other leaders stages a protest outside Parliament. PIC/PTI
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday slammed the BJP over alleged atrocities on minorities as she protested in the Parliament House complex along with some other opposition MPs from Kerala against the arrest of two Catholic nuns in Chhattisgarh.
Gandhi, Congress general secretary K C Venugopal, RSP MP N K Premchandran and some other Congress MPs from Kerala staged a protest near Makar Dwar of Parliament, demanding the release of the nuns. Nuns Preethi Merry and Vandana Francis along with Sukaman Mandavi were arrested at Durg railway station on July 25 following a complaint by a local Bajrang Dal functionary, who accused them of forcibly converting three girls from Narayanpur and trafficking them.
“We are demanding an end to this kind of atrocity against minorities. It is not fair at all, these are ladies..they cannot be manhandled and treated like this,” Gandhi said. Meanwhile, Congress members from Kerala in Lok Sabha on Wednesday demanded government intervention for the release of two Catholic nuns.
Court rejects bail plea
A sessions court in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district on Wednesday disposed of the bail application of the nuns observing that it does not have the jurisdiction to hear cases under section 143 (human trafficking) of the BNS and that they may have to move a special court for further legal action.
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