Jammu and Kashmir Congress Wednesday said it stands by the family of Kathua rape case victim after its spokesperson Deepika Pushkar Nath resigned from the party over its decision to ”allow” an ex-minister, who had allegedly defended the accused, to join the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Nath, a lawyer by profession, had said on Tuesday that she is leaving the Congress on ”ideological grounds” as former minister Lal Singh, who is also the chairman of Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan Party (DSSP), was responsible in sabotaging the 2018 Kathua rape case by ”brazenly defending” rapists of the eight-year-old nomadic girl. ”She (Deepika) announced her decision to resign from the party on Twitter. The high command has taken note and will decide on it. ”However, the stand of our party on the rape and murder case is crystal clear as we stand with the family of the victim and have always favoured a fair probe to bring the culprits to book,” J&K Pradesh Congress Committee chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma told PTI.
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