BJP wants SP-Congress to apologise for giving ticket to rape accused Prajapati

The BJP continues to attack the SP-Congress alliance for giving ticket to rape accused Gayatri Prajapati.

Lucknow, March 4: As rape accused Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prajapati remains missing, the Bharatiya Janata Party asked the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance to tender a public apology for giving ticket to an alleged criminal on Saturday.

"They (the SP-Congress) should have at least said in public that it was mistake to give ticket to Gayatri Prajapati and that we won't support him," union minister Venkaiah Naidu told ANI.

Earlier in a television interview, SP president and UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said that his government in the state is providing necessary cooperation to the investigative agencies in finding out Prajapati.

On Friday, media reports suggested that Prajapati was planning to fly abroad to avoid arrest for rape. Thus all airports and exit points across the country have been put on alert to avoid his escape from the country.

Prajapati (49) is accused in separate cases of gangrape and an attempt to rape another woman and her minor daughter. Since the last few days, the SP leader has remained elusive.

Acting on the Supreme Court's orders, police said they have been making efforts to nab Prajapati and they might even apply for cancellation of his passport so that the minister cannot escape from the country.

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