Swati Maliwal, a member of Rajya Sabha, has made appointments with the leaders of INDIA group, which also includes her AAP to discuss the assault case.
On Tuesday, Swati Maliwal, a Rajya Sabha MP from AAP, reached out to INDIA bloc leaders, including Sharad Pawar of NCP-SCP, Rahul Gandhi from Congress, Akhilesh Yadav of Samajwadi Party, and Uddhav Thackeray of Shiv Sena (UBT). Requesting a meeting to discuss her assault case, involving an aide associated with one of the key members of the alliance.
In a letter to INDIA bloc leaders like Rahul Gandhi and Sharad Pawar, the Aam Aadmi Party member complained she was subjected to “victim shaming and character assassination” for speaking up against the abuse.
पिछले 18 सालों से मैंने ज़मीन पे काम किया है और 9 सालों में महिला आयोग में 1.7 लाख केस में सुनवाई करी है। बिना किसी से डरे और किसी के आगे झुके, महिला आयोग को एक बहुत ऊँचे मक़ाम पे खड़ा करा है। पर बहुत दुख की बात है कि पहले मुझे मुख्यमंत्री के घर पे बुरी तरह पीटा गया, फिर मेरा… pic.twitter.com/Pp0IcChPb9
— Swati Maliwal (@SwatiJaiHind) June 18, 2024
Maliwal shared the letters she sent to the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and national president Sharad Pawar on platform X. “I have worked on the ground for the last 18 years and have heard 1.7 lakh cases in the Women’s Commission in 9 years. Without fearing anyone and bowing down to anyone, I have made the Women’s Commission stand in a very high position. But it is very sad that first I was beaten badly at the Chief Minister’s house, then my character was defamed. Today, I have written a letter to all the big leaders of the INDIA alliance regarding this matter. I have asked for an appointment with everyone,” she wrote beside the post.”
Swati Maliwal also claimed that she has been receiving numerous rape and death threats ever since AAP initiated a smear campaign against her on electronic and social media, aimed at tarnishing her reputation, character, and credibility.