<p>Protests broke out in the national capital on Friday evening as activists of AAP, Left parties and other outfits gathered at Jantar Mantar demanding justice for the Hathras gang-rape victim.</p>.<p>Waving placards and raising slogans against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s government in Uttar Pradesh, protestors at Jantar Mantar rekindled the memories of agitation against the Delhi gang-rape case in 2012 that had put the then UPA-II government in the dock.</p>.<p>Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra participated in a prayer meet for the Hathras gang-rape victim at the Valmiki Temple at Panchkuia Road, where Mahatma Gandhi had stayed for 214 days.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/delhi-police-registers-case-against-protesters-at-jantar-mantar-for-violating-prohibitory-orders-896488.html" target="_blank">Delhi Police registers case against protesters at Jantar Mantar for violating prohibitory orders</a></strong></p>.<p>“We will ensure that justice for our sister. We will not sit quiet till justice is done,” Priyanka said at the prayer meet.</p>.<p>“We will put pressure on the government. The family was kept away from the last rites. It is not our tradition to perform last rites after sundown,” she said. </p>.<p>Left leaders like Brinda Karat, Sitaram Yechury, D Raja, Jignesh Mewani, Bhim Army leader Chandrashekar Azad and actor Swara Bhasker joined the protests.</p>.<p>Bhim Army chief Azad demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi break his silence on the issue. “The PM washes the feet of Dalits before elections but remains quiet when a Dalit daughter of Uttar Pradesh is brutally raped,” Azad said.</p>.<p>The AAP, JNU Students Union, Youth Congress, Bhim Army and some other outfits had given a call for protests at India Gate, but the venue was shifted to Jantar Mantar after police imposed prohibitory orders at India Gate.</p>.<p>As crowds swelled at Jantar Mantar, Delhi Metro shut down the exit gates at Patel Chowk, Janpath and Rajiv Chowk stations.</p>
<p>Protests broke out in the national capital on Friday evening as activists of AAP, Left parties and other outfits gathered at Jantar Mantar demanding justice for the Hathras gang-rape victim.</p>.<p>Waving placards and raising slogans against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s government in Uttar Pradesh, protestors at Jantar Mantar rekindled the memories of agitation against the Delhi gang-rape case in 2012 that had put the then UPA-II government in the dock.</p>.<p>Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra participated in a prayer meet for the Hathras gang-rape victim at the Valmiki Temple at Panchkuia Road, where Mahatma Gandhi had stayed for 214 days.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/delhi-police-registers-case-against-protesters-at-jantar-mantar-for-violating-prohibitory-orders-896488.html" target="_blank">Delhi Police registers case against protesters at Jantar Mantar for violating prohibitory orders</a></strong></p>.<p>“We will ensure that justice for our sister. We will not sit quiet till justice is done,” Priyanka said at the prayer meet.</p>.<p>“We will put pressure on the government. The family was kept away from the last rites. It is not our tradition to perform last rites after sundown,” she said. </p>.<p>Left leaders like Brinda Karat, Sitaram Yechury, D Raja, Jignesh Mewani, Bhim Army leader Chandrashekar Azad and actor Swara Bhasker joined the protests.</p>.<p>Bhim Army chief Azad demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi break his silence on the issue. “The PM washes the feet of Dalits before elections but remains quiet when a Dalit daughter of Uttar Pradesh is brutally raped,” Azad said.</p>.<p>The AAP, JNU Students Union, Youth Congress, Bhim Army and some other outfits had given a call for protests at India Gate, but the venue was shifted to Jantar Mantar after police imposed prohibitory orders at India Gate.</p>.<p>As crowds swelled at Jantar Mantar, Delhi Metro shut down the exit gates at Patel Chowk, Janpath and Rajiv Chowk stations.</p>
