'They silence voices of victims': Rahul slams detention of Ankita Bhandari's parents

NEW DELHI: Leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday criticised the detention of Ankita Bhandari’s parents, alleging they were taken into custody while peacefully protesting against Dushyant Gautam’s proposed appointment as Sikkim Governor.Rahul said the Congress would stand by the family until they received justice, asserting that their fight would neither be silenced nor stopped.“4 AM in the morning. While the world was asleep, Ankita Bhandari's parents were taken into custody. Their crime? They were sitting quietly at India Gate—with heavy shoulders, without any commotion, and simply demanding that Dushyant Gautam should not be made the Governor of Sikkim until the CBI investigation is complete," Rahul said in a post on X."Yesterday, Priyanka and I met these parents. Even before the results of that investigation came in, the appointment was rushed, and the parents asking questions were picked up in the dead of night.