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Political row erupts over Dalit youth’s lynching in Rae Bareli, Cong plans stir

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October 07, 2025

THE alleged lynching of a Dalit youth by a mob in Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli, the constituency of Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, is set to become a major political issue.

- NAMITA BAJPAI @Lucknow

The Congress plans to highlight the incident as evidence of the ruling BJP’s “anti-Dalit mindset” and launch a statewide agitation to target the Yogi Adityanath government. Following the incident, four police personnel, including an assistant sub-inspector, were suspended, while the station house officer was transferred.

Rae Bareli police registered a case against 12 people on the basis of the video clips which emerged after the incident.

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