“Locked, Abused, and Manhandled”: Radhika Khera’s Startling Claims Against Congressmen Following Her Exit from the Party
Radhika Khera said on Monday, one day after leaving the Congress, that several of her former party officials had physically and verbally harassed her at the state Congress headquarters in Chhattisgarh and had confined her in a room.
On Sunday, Khera announced her resignation from the party, citing that she had been denied justice in the event due to criticism of her visit to the Lord Ram temple in Ayodhya.
She said at a news conference today that Congress has been criticizing her ever since she placed Lord Ram’s banner at my residence. Is discussing your faith inappropriate? I was sometimes the target of insults. Sushil Gupta, the media chairman, served me alcohol during Rahul Gandhi’s Nyay Yatra in Chhattisgarh, and they came to my house late at night while intoxicated, she said.
When I went to speak with Sushil Anand Shukla at the state congress office on the 30th, he insulted me and yelled at me. He and the other two state spokespersons mistreated me while they had me imprisoned inside. I cried out, but nobody came to open the door. I was treated like a guy. She said, “I also complained to Congressman Mahamantri, but nobody listened to me.”
Khera was sent by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) from Delhi to serve as Chhattisgarh’s coordinator of communication and media for the current Lok Sabha elections.
Notably, senior politician Pawan Khera’s visit the next day caused a disagreement between Khera and Sushil Anand Shukla, the chairwoman of the Chhattisgarh Congress’ communication wing, on April 30 at the party headquarters in Raipur, according to party sources. Khera allegedly said that she was insulted in a video that went viral. Khera said in her letter of resignation that it has always been known that those who practice religion will encounter hostility.
“From Ravana and Kansa to Hiranyakashyap, examples of this can be found.” Some people are now against individuals who use Lord Shri Ram’s name in the same manner, she said.
