Rahul Gandhi is likely to try going to Hathras again today around noon. Rahul Gandhi had tried to go to Hathras two days ago when he was physically stopped by UP Police personnel guarding the borders of Delhi and UP. Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi along with hundreds of Congress workers were stopped from entering Uttar Pradesh and were detained. As Rahul Gandhi continued to protest against the police for not allowing them, he was pushed to the ground and later detained. Rahul Gandhi had vowed that he will meet the Hathras rape victim’s family anyhow. Several leaders from different political parties gave tried to reach the family of the Hathras victim even as heavy security deployment rendered it out of bounds for the media. Apart from Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is also expected to make an attempt to go to Hathras today. On Friday, a group of Trinamool Congress leaders also tried to reach Hathras, but were stopped by the police. TMC MPs, including Derek O’ Brien, alleged that they were manhandled by the UP Police. In a video, UP Police personnel can be seen pushing and shoving Derek O’ Brien to the ground while the others alleged that the male cops manhandled women MPs of Trinamool Congress.
