Ankita Bhandari case: Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi meet parents protesting at Delhi’s India Gate

Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (October 14, 2026) met the parents of Ankita Bhandari, who were protesting at India Gate demanding justice for their daughter, and expressed solidarity with them.

Bhandari, who was an employee at a resort in Uttarakhand, was murdered in September 2022.

Mr. Gandhi was accompanied by his sister, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and other Congress leaders. He had earlier met Bhandari's parents in August and had said four years have passed and they are still awaiting justice for an unforgivable crime against their daughter.

Bhandari's parents staged a protest near India Gate, demanding that Dushyant Kumar Gautam's appointment as the Sikkim Governor be put on hold until the ongoing Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into their daughter's murder case is complete.