Bilkis Bano case convict seen sharing stage with BJP leaders at Gujarat event, Mahua Moitra attacks govt

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra shared a picture of one of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape sharing the stage with two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in a government programme in Gujarat.

The convicted rapist was allegedly attending the launch of a water supply scheme with Dahod BJP MP Jasvantsinh Bhabhor and his brother MLA Sailesh Bhabhor.

Sharing the photo, Moitra blasted the ruling BJP government and said that she wants to see “these monsters back in jail”. She added, “I want this satanic government that applauds this travesty of justice voted out. I want India to reclaim her moral compass.”

Bilkis Bano's Rapist Shares Stage With Gujarat's BJP MP, MLA.

I want to see these monsters back in jail & the key thrown away. And I want this satanic government that applauds this travesty of justice voted out. I want India to reclaim her moral compass. pic.twitter.com/noaoz1c7ZW

— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) March 26, 2023

All the 11 rape convicts were released prematurely on August 15 last year

In March 2002 during the post-Godhra riots, Bano was allegedly gang-raped and left to die with 14 members of her family, including her three-year-old daughter. She was five months pregnant when rioters attacked her family in Vadodara.