Delhi BJP protests outside CM's residence over Dalit woman's gang rape in govt hospital

Activists of the Delhi BJP's women wing staged a protest near Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence in the Civil Lines area here on Friday over the alleged gang rape of a Dalit woman at GB Pant Hospital in the national capital.

The 40-year-old woman, who worked at the Delhi government-run hospital, was allegedly sexually assaulted while on duty and died during treatment on May 7.

Participating in the protest on Friday, Leader of Opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri said it was regrettable that neither Chief Minister Kejriwal nor his ministers or local AAP MLA or councillor met the family of the victim.

No immediate reaction was available from the AAP over the BJP's protest and allegations against its leaders.

The Delhi BJP's Mahila Morcha vice-president Priya Bhardwaj accused the Kejriwal dispensation of being ''indifferent and insensitive'' over the matter and demanded the government provide compensation of Rs 1 crore and a job to the kin of the victim.

On Thursday, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva met the family of the victim and provided financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh.