The Congress on Monday targeted the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh over the alleged killing of a Dalit woman in Meerut, alleging that hatred is being fuelled along caste and religious lines under the patronage of Bharatiya Janata Party dispensations. A 22-year-old man allegedly killed the Dalit woman and abducted her daughter from a village in Meerut on Thursday morning, police said. ADVERTISEMENTThe abducted Dalit woman, taken from Kapsad village in the Sardhana area, was recovered from Saharanpur district on Saturday and the accused arrested, police said. "Five BJP-ruled states in the country -- Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Bihar -- account for 76 per cent of Dalit-atrocity incidents. The shocking fact is that 26 per cent of Dalit-atrocity incidents have come to light in Uttar Pradesh alone," Gautam claimed.

Source: The Telegraph January 12, 2026 11:24 UTC