An election rally carried out by the All India Mahila Empowerment Party (MEP) was attacked with stones by protesters in Govindpur on Thursday, leaving at least a dozen MEP workers injured and hospitalised.
MEP’s President Dr. Nowhera Shaikh and the party’s National Spokesperson actor Ejaz Khan, are told to have narrowly escaped the attacked.
According to Dr. Shaikh, who spoke to Nasheman immediately after the attack, the party’s rally peacefully went through several constituencies, but when it entered Govindpur in Sarvagna Nagar constituency, a huge crowd gathered, and without any provocation, started pelting stones on MEP members.
“They started shouting slogans saying MEP murdabad, Congress zindabad, and said ‘isko hatao’ (remove her).
Dr. Shaikh has blamed Congress for the attack on her party’s rally.
“As MEP is gaining momentum, opposition parties, particularly Congress has started feeling threatened. The ruling Congress did not provide me adequate security to ensure my safety”.
Dr. Nowhera Shaikh said the attack was a attack on democracy and the fundamental rights of the party president.
She said, if Congress couldn’t protect the President of a political party, what hope do common women have in Karnataka.
MEP has demanded a special investigation in the case, and has demanded the govt to trace the people responsible for the incident.
