Gauri’s mom Indira Lankesh and sister Kavita Lankesh joined the foot march at Bhuvanahalli village of Nagamangala taluk in Karnataka.
Rahul marched hand in hand with the duo, earlier than requesting Indira to observe the march in a automobile. Rahul escorted her again earlier than persevering with the march with Kavita, a filmmaker, who walked for round three kilometres with the Congress chief.
Through the march, Rahul enquired in regards to the progress in Gauri Lankesh homicide case, Kavita mentioned.
“He sought to know why the killers had assassinated her,” she mentioned. Sure incidents in Karnataka such because the hijab row are sowing hatred amongst communities. Divisive politics is rampant, Kavita added.
Journalist-turned-activist Gauri Lankesh was assassinated on September 5, 2017. Hindu right-wing group Sanatan Sanstha was named in a cost sheet filed by a Particular Investigation Workforce fashioned to probe the killing. Gauri was recognized for her campaigns in opposition to right-wing extremism and caste discrimination.