UPCC chief Rita Joshi should resign

This is a very low time in the UP Congress politics when a women from Congress ask the price to be paid for Mayawati's rape. Equally Mayawati and her party workers are wrong in burning the house of UPCC chief Ms Joshi. Violence is not answer to politics and it can not solve any political issue.

Some video footage shows that Mayawati had used exactly similar language for Mulayam Singh when she was in opposition. (only difference is that she offered Rs 4 lacs but Ms Joshi offered Rs 1 crore, may be there is high inflation). But this argument can not justify what Ms Joshi commented. Ms Joshi might be furious on the scheme that provide compensation to the rape victims and she wanted to criticise that but this is not the way to criticise or oppose. She is currently Chief of the UPCC and expected to play key role in national politics in 5-10 years. Her behavior and comments have raised a question on her suitability for national role in politics. Someone who do not know how to respect individuals but still oppose their actions should not have much role in national politics or even state politics when the state is the largest state in the country.

If people are not punished through proper channel they get encouragement to continue to use their abusive language and actions. It is not about which party such people belongs to rather it is about cleaning the political system. We have many criminals in the politics but none of them has been convicted in the court so they can be given benefit of doubt but in case of Mrs. Joshi, there is not doubt so she should be punished by the party and forced to resign from her current posts. At the same time, there should be proper enquiry to identify who torched her house in her absence. It will be difficult to have unbiased enquiry because gut feeling says it must be instigated by Ms Mayawati and her supporters.