![\"\"](\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-04-at-8.07.18-PM.png\")
New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah over the sexual harassment of female journalists by police personnel during a protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, and asked why don’t they take cognizance of it.<\/p>\n
Priyanka Gandhi in a post on X said female journalists have said that they were sexually harassed by police personnel while reporting at Jantar Mantar.<\/p>\n
Despite protests by dozens of journalists, neither was an FIR registered nor was any concrete action taken, she said .<\/p>\n
The women, who were protesting peacefully, also say that the police are behaving very rudely towards them, Priyanka Gandhi said.<\/p>\n
Women feel threatened by the very police force whose duty is to provide security, she said.<\/p>\n
From college students to journalists, women everywhere are facing a lack of safety, the Congress general secretary said.<\/p>\n
“Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, is this treatment of women appropriate? If not, why do you not take cognizance of this?” Priyanka Gandhi said.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, one of the women journalists told the media that an assistant commissioner of police (ACP) sexually assaulted her.<\/p>\n
The officer said complaints have been received by the New Delhi district police following the incidents during the protest, when police personnel were deployed to maintain law and order.<\/p>\n
The district police have transferred the complaints to the Crime Branch for a fair and impartial enquiry, the officer said.<\/p>\n
The Press Council of India expressed shock and dismay over the police’s treatment of journalists covering the protest and urged the Delhi Police to immediately act on the complaint. KMS-21A<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah over the sexual harassment of female journalists by police personnel during a protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, and asked why don’t they take cognizance of it. Priyanka Gandhi in a post on X said female …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":212424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"yoast_head":"\n