NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrived at India Gate in New Delhi on Wednesday to meet the parents of Ankita Bhandari, who was murdered in Uttarakhand in 2022.Ankita’s father, Virendra Singh Bhandari, has urged President Droupadi Murmu not to appoint BJP leader Dushyant Kumar Gautam as Sikkim Governor until the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) completes its probe into the case.“Dushyant Kumar should be behind bars… I earnestly request the Honorable President not to appoint Dushyant Kumar as Governor until the CBI investigation is concluded,” he said, according to news agency ANI.
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Ankita’s mother, Soni Devi, said, “We were deeply pained when we heard the news on the 12th that he (BJP leader Dushyant Kumar Gautam) has now been named Governor. I appeal to the Honorable President, who is herself a woman and will surely understand my sentiments, to halt the move to appoint this individual as Governor until the CBI investigation against him is concluded.”Further details about the meeting are awaited.(This is a developing story)
