NEW DELHI: Amid high drama, leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday met with the family of Dalit Hariom Valmiki, who was brutally beaten to death in Raebareli recently, and expressed his solidarity with their grief.
Reports came that the family refused to meet Rahul Gandhi, saying that they are satisfied with the government’s action. Some posters were also put up along the streets Rahul Gandhi was to pass by. The posters said there should be no politics over the issue. The members of the Congress party tore the posters and said that the family members had been forced to give a statement under pressure from the government.
Later, kin of Hariom Valmiki finally met Rahul Gandhi under a heavy police presence.
