'Amrit kaal has turned into era of atrocities'

Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai launched a scathing attack on the BJP governments at the Centre and in the state, calling their so-called ‘Amrit Kaal’ an “era of atrocities” marked by rising crimes against Dalits, backward classes, women and minorities.

- BISWAJEET BANERJEE

Addressing a press conference at his residence in Varanasi, Rai said that the last ten years of BJP rule under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath have seen a “frightening rise” in atrocities against the poor and marginalised.