New Delhi, July 30: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday took a dig at the government and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to step into the Unnao car accident issue. In her tweet, Gandhi asked the Prime Minister to take action against BJP MLA and Unnao rape accused Kuldeep Singh Sengar and his brother and take away all their political powers. "For God’s sake, Mr. Prime Minister, divest this criminal and his brother of the political power your party is giving them", Gandhi tweeted. Unnao Rape Survivor Accident: Truck Involved in Mishap Owned by Brother of Samajwadi Party Leader Nandu Pal.

Gandhi also tagged portions of the FIR filed along with the tweet. "This FIR clearly states that the family was threatened and apprehensive. It even mentions the possibility of a planned accident", she said in another tweet.

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The jibe comes soon after reports stated that the Unnao rape survivor is in critical condition and has been put on ventilator due to deteriorating health. Amid the political row over the car accident involving the Unnao rape survivor and her family, Gandhi said why people like Sengar are given the “protection of political power”, while their victims are abandoned to battle for their lives alone. Unnao Rape Survivor Accident: Uttar Pradesh Police Says Will Ensure 'Free And Fair Probe'.

The Uttar Pradesh police filed a murder case against Sengar and nine others following a complaint by the Unnao rape survivor’s family. The family alleged a “conspiracy” behind the Sunday’s car mishap in which the victim and her lawyer was critically injured and two of her aunts were killed. Unnao Rape Survivor Put on Ventilator Hours After Meeting With Accident in Rae Bareli.

On Monday, the UP Government sent a formal request to the Centre for transferring the Unnao rape survivor's road accident case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The development comes a day after senior politicians from different opposition parties demanded a free and fair probe into the accident of the Unnao rape survivor and her family. Unnao Rape Case: CBI Files Charge-Sheet Against Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar.

In 2017, a woman in Unnao had alleged that Sengar, a four-time MLA who represents Bangermau in the UP Assembly, raped her teenage daughter at his residence. The BJP MLA and Unnao rape accused Kuldeep Singh Sengar was arrested on April 13, 2018.

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