PTI, JAMMU: BJP leaders Chander Prakash Ganga and Lal Singh, who have submitted their resignations as minister, today reiterated the demand for a CBI inquiry into the rape-and-murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir.
Ganga and Singh submitted their resignations to the BJP’s state president yesterday “to save the image of the prime minister and the party” following a controversy over their presence in a rally in support of the accused.
“To safeguard the interest of Jammu, I will not hesitate to fight the government or meet the prime minister personally and reiterate the demand for a CBI probe into the Kathua rape-and-murder case which is the demand of lakhs of people,” Ganga told reporters here this evening.
Earlier in the day, Singh also sought a CBI probe and said “what is wrong with it. They agency will not indulge in any wrongdoing.”
However, both the ministers demanded stern and an exemplary punishment to the culprits involved in the incident, with Ganga seeking capital punishment for the accused.
