The illegal arrest of Priyanka in Sonbhadra, UP, is disturbing. This arbitrary application of power, to prevent her… https://t.co/BIc3r0sCZU — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) 1563524068000

उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार की ड्यूटी है अपराधियों को पकड़ना। मेरा कर्तव्य है अपराध से पीड़ित लोगों के पक्ष में खड़े होना।… https://t.co/DO5mVyHQim — Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) 1563534614000

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday alleged a complete breakdown of law and order in Uttar Pradesh after its general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was taken into preventive detention while she was on her way to Sonbhadra to meet families of 10 tribals who were massacred by a group of 200 men over a land dispute earlier this week.Congress president Rahul Gandhi lashed out at the BJP government over the incident, saying that the arrest of her sister was illegal.“The illegal arrest of Priyanka in Sonbhadra, UP , is disturbing. This arbitrary application of power, to prevent her from meeting families of the 10 Adivasi farmers brutally gunned down for refusing to vacate their own land, reveals the BJP govt’s increasing insecurity in UP,” he said on Twitter.While the UP police detained Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday claiming her visit would fuel a law and order concern, Priyanka was taken to a guest house in Mirzapur’s Chunar region, where she was later asked to pay a surety of Rs 50,000 to obtain bail. Priyanka, however, turned down the request saying she would only return after meeting the families of the victims.“It is the duty of the UP government to arrest criminals. It is my duty to stand with the victims of crimes. BJP has failed in curbing crime, but it is trying to stop me from discharging my duty. No one can stop me from showing solidarity with the victims,” Priyanka tweeted.The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes sought a factual report on the incident from the UP chief secretary and DGP, saying that it would visit the families and victims on July 22.Alleging political vendetta against Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the Congress said that electricity and water supply to the guest house where she was detained were cut off and there was no arrangements made for her to eat.In New Delhi, the Congress leader’s arrest revived the fighting spirit in the somnambulent party, with party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala alleging that the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government was a habitual offender in the case of taking the law into its hands.“Priyanka Gandhi Vadra only wanted to go from Muzaffarpur to Sonbhadra and she was only accompanied by three people. The Police said they detailed her following orders from “above”. Who are these people? Amit Shah? PM Modi, or Adityanath alias Ajay Bisht?,” Randeep Surjewala said.The Congress also alleged that the women and child development ministry had on its own acknowledged that of the 10,531 instances of rapes or rape attempts in the country, a whopping 77% were limited to UP alone, buttressing their charge that there of abject lawlessness in UP.