Sambit Patra dares Priyanka Gandhi to take stand on Rajasthan man crushed to death by tractor

The BJP leader demanded Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi visit Bharatpur before addressing the rally and asked her to show courage and take a stand in the matter.

"A video is viral from Bayana, Rajasthan's Bharatpur, where a person named Nirpat was murdered by running a tractor over him," Patra said while addressing a press conference in the national capital.

This comes after a man was crushed to death with a tractor in Bayana town in Rajasthan's Bharatpur District on Wednesday. The incident was caught on camera, and the video went viral on social media.

"Priyanka Vadra is reaching Rajasthan today. I demand her to visit that village before addressing the rally. She should go there and suspend the police officials, District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police and show that she has the courage to take a stand and she is not just for speeches and sloganeering. She has to project that she has a spine. This is a call to Priyanka Vadra. I challenge her to go there first," Patra added.

The BJP leader further said that it is not just about the murder of one person; this is about the whole of Rajasthan; it is about all Congress-ruled states.

Priyanka Gandhi is in Rajasthan in the run-up to the state assembly polls.

This would be the second visit of Priyanka Gandhi in Rajasthan, going to the polls next month, a week after the Congress leader addressed a gathering in Dausa. With poll dates nearing in Rajasthan, both the BJP and Congress are slugging it out to form their governments.

Rajasthan assembly polls will be held on November 25.

The 200-member house will go to the polls in single-phase. The counting of votes will take place on December 3, coinciding with the other four states: Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and Mizoram. (ANI)