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Kathua rape: Ensure justice, UN to govt; BJP-PDP alliance under threat?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally broke his silence on the Kathua and Unnao rape cases and promised justice to 'India's daughters'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Friday. Photo: PTI
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Friday. Photo: PTI

BS Web Team New Delhi
Finally breaking his silence on the rape-murder of an 8-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua and the Unnao rape case in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday promised justice. "The incidents that are in discussion in the country for the last two days do not reflect good for any civilised country. This is shameful," Modi said after widespread outrage over the incidents in Kathua and Unnao. Modi's comments came hours after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) got into the act by detaining and questioning rape accused BJP MLA Kuldip Singh Sengar in Uttar Pradesh.

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