Take for instance Uttar Pradesh, where BJP is in power, 10 persons were nominated under the Governor's quota to the Legislative Council, of which eight were members of the BJP. Even the other two were associated with the party.
After the death of the couple, their relatives approached the police and lodged a complaint at Basantwara police station alleging that the woman was gang-raped by two men.
The incident took place around 11.30 am near Roopnagar colony here. The house owner Shakeel had rented it out to one Sharik who allegedly ran the illegal firecracker unit, DCP (Rural) Vivek Chand Yadav said.
Ramsajan (55) had difficulty in breathing and had high fever, Jail Superintendent Prabhat Singh said, adding he was admitted to the district hospital on Saturday. The prisoner had been unwell for a month, the official said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave credit to the women of the country for the passage of the women's reservation bill in Parliament and said the power of their leadership has been proved in every period in history.
President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said that investment opportunities have been created and infrastructure has improved in Uttar Pradesh in the last six to seven years.
"The purported incident occurred on August 23, but it was only reported and registered on Wednesday, after the woman stated she had managed to overcome the 'mental trauma'."
The Uttar Pradesh Police has added Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act to the FIR against a woman school teacher accused of ordering her students to slap a Muslim classmate for not doing his homework.