Jaipur Mar 28 PTI A day after the BJP said it sent Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra a train ticket to meet women crime victims in Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot offered to send Union Home Minister Amit Shah a chartered plane to visit the stateGehlot tweeted that he wanted Shah to see the law and order-related innovations made in Rajasthan and how well the state is fighting crimeThe tit for tat was over the alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl by the son of a ruling Congress MLABJP state secretary Jitendra Gothwal on Sunday challenged Gandhi to come to Jaipur tweeting that he has sent her a train ticket and also reminding the Congress general secretary of her Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon campaignA day later Gehlot responded by saying BJP leaders repeatedly invite Priyanka Gandhi over the situation of crimes in Rajasthan even though she does not hold any constitutional post We want to send Union Home Minister Amit Shah a chartered plane and request him to come to Rajasthan to see the law and order-related innovations made in the state and the strict action taken against crimes so that the confusion being spread by his party is cleared the chief minister tweeted in HindiThe opposition BJP on Sunday demanded the arrest of Congress MLA Johari Lal Meenas son Deepak Meena accused of raping the minor with Gothwal even asking Gandhi to visit the stateCongress MLAs son has raped a minor in Rajasthan The minor girl is not able to fight against the power of the MLA priyankagandhi ji I am sending a train ticket for you Come to Jaipur immediately There are girls in Rajasthan too and they are not able to fight he said in a tweet in HindiGandhi had come out with the poll slogan Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon I am a girl and can fight ahead of the Assembly elections in Uttar PradeshGehlot said the law and order situation in Rajasthan is better than in BJP-ruled states In the three years of the Congress government there have been convictions in 620 cases under the POCSO Act Of these seven people were sentenced to death and 137 awarded life imprisonmentWe do not do politics on crimes like the BJP he saidSharing NCRB data Gehlot said Despite the lockdown in 2020 when crime across the country increased by 2803 per cent compared to the previous year Rajasthan saw a decrease of 1446 per cent According to the NCRB data there has been a decrease in all types of crimes including dacoity robbery kidnapping rape rioting burglary and theft in the state in 2020 He claimed there was a 6229 per cent increase in crime in Amit Shahs home state GujaratIn the year 2021 also there was a decrease of 477 per cent in crimes in Rajasthan as compared to 2019 Gehlot saidHe said the state government has made FIR registration mandatoryWhile implementing the mandatory FIR registration policy we knew that crime figures would increase and the opposition and media would question it but we implemented this policy to get justice for every victim he saidGehlot further said he wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Shah urging them that the mandatory FIR registration policy be implemented in the entire countryDeepak Meena and four other people have been booked for allegedly raping the minor girl in February 2021 The case was registered on Friday on the basis of a complaint lodged by the girls family PTI SDA IJT

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] March 8 (ANI): With the majority of Exit Polls predicting that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will retain power in Uttar Pradesh, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday said that her party fought the electoral battle hard.

New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Acting president of All India Mahila Congress Netta D'Souza on Thursday stated that Priyanka Maurya should be grateful to the Congress party for the short-lived fame which she got and her exit will not have any impact on the party's image.

New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): Priyanka Maurya, a face of the 'Ladki Hun, Lad Sakti Hun' campaign of Congress in Uttar Pradesh, is mulling over joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after she was denied a ticket to contest in the UP assembly elections.

Noida Jan 19 PTI Young Congress leader Pankhuri Pathak on Wednesday filed her nomination for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election from Noida a seat that had no woman candidate in the 2017 polls The BJPs Uttar Pradesh vice president Pankaj Singh is the sitting MLA from Noida He had filed his nomination on Tuesday Pathak 29 a legal consultant by profession was earlier associated with the Samajwadi Partys youth wing but had switched over to the Congress in 2018 and she is currently the partys state vice chairperson for social media The Congress has announced 40 per cent tickets to women candidates in Uttar Pradesh and campaigned on the slogan Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon BJPs Singh had secured around 65 per cent votes in the Noida Assembly constituency in 2017 All 15 candidates back then were men Noida which goes to poll on February 10 has 690 lakh voters In 2012 three among the total 31 candidates were women However BJPs Mahesh Sharma had emerged victorious PTI KIS CJ CJ

Alwar (Rajasthan) [India], January 15 (ANI): The Alwar case, where a specially abled girl was found lying in a distressed condition, took a political turn on Saturday after the opposition parties started blaming the ruling Congress party for suppressing the case.

New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party National Spokesperson Sudhindra Bhadoria on Saturday slammed the Congress-led Rajasthan government over the Alwar rape incident and alleged the government has failed to provide safety to women in the state.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 15 (ANI): Congress worker Priyanka Maurya, the poster girl for the party's campaign 'Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon' for Uttar Pradesh polls has alleged that she was denied a ticket for the assembly elections because she refused to pay a bribe for the same.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 3 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda on Friday launched a scathing attack on Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav by saying that BJP has quashed the dreams of the latter of promoting crime and the mafia and letting terrorists free.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 28 (ANI): The Congress on Tuesday organised a marathon in Lucknow to boost women empowerment under its 'Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon (I'm a girl and can fight)' campaign in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh.