#SoniaGandhi @PMOIndia: Sack #Kurien! Don't Trash #India's #Rape Law!
To: Sonia Gandhi, President of the Congress Party
Dear Mrs Sonia Gandhi,
We are shocked that you are allowing Kurien, a politician in your party, who was identified by a teenage gang rape victim (in the Suryanelli case) as one of 42 men who raped her, to chair the Parliamentary discussions on India's new anti-rape law!
It is a mockery of the...
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How can a politician accused in a gang-rape case, chair the hearings for India's new anti-rape law? And this is being allowed by Sonia Gandhi, the most powerful politician in India? Why would she allow it? Does she have a personal reason?
It is very important Sonian Gandhi and the government of India hear from the people of India and from around the world before Feb 19. The government is undecided and watching public response closely. So EVERY VOICE COUNTS! THIS IS URGENT! We need to act FAST to get Sonia Gandhi to sack Kurien immediately!
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Update #1
Posted by Rita Banerji (Campaign Leader) on Apr 2Dear Friends,
Thank you for supporting our petition for the young woman who was gang raped at Suryanelli, and who is still fighting for justice. One of the main accused in the case was a powerful politician P.J. Kurien who the government has so far protected. However, due to increased public pressure, a Sessions Court in Kerala has ordered issue of notice to Kurien on a criminal revision petition filed by the Suryanelli rape victim.The case seeks to include Mr Kurien as an accused with...
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