Congress president Sonia Gandhi visited the rape victim at Safdarjung hospital at 10:30 pm. She stayed there for 15 minutes and spoke to the girl’s parents as well. Sonia has also written a letter to Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit and home minister Sushilkumar Shinde regarding the gangrape. In that letter she said tough laws are needed and the guilty should be punished at any cost. Gandhi has also talked to home minister Sushilkumar Shinde, Delhi chief minister Shiela Dikshit and National Commission for Women chairperson Mamta Sharma and told them to ensure that all possible measures should be taken so that such incidents do not occur again.
On the gangrape case, Gandhi, who is also UPA chairperson, wanted the guilty to be brought to book at the earliest, Congress General Secretary Janardhan Dwivedi said.
Earlier in the day, both Houses of Parliament expressed shock and outrage over the heinous gangrape of the girl in a moving bus in south Delhi. Members, cutting across party lines, made strong demands for capital punishment to perpetrators of such crimes.
On the gangrape case, Gandhi, who is also UPA chairperson, wanted the guilty to be brought to book at the earliest, Congress General Secretary Janardhan Dwivedi said.
Earlier in the day, both Houses of Parliament expressed shock and outrage over the heinous gangrape of the girl in a moving bus in south Delhi. Members, cutting across party lines, made strong demands for capital punishment to perpetrators of such crimes.