New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Wednesday, October 14, evening, reached India Gate to join the sit-in protest by the parents of Ankita Bhandari, a woman who was found dead in Uttarakhand in 2022, against the appointment of Dushyant Kumar Gautam as the Sikkim Governor.

The Uttarakhand Congress has also spoken out against the appointment, alleging Gautam's name had cropped up in the murder case, even as the state BJP questioned the party's silence over their MP, Angomcha Bimol Akoijam, being accused of sexual harassment by JNU students.

'Let CBI investigation be concluded'

Meanwhile, Ankita's father Virendra Singh Bhandari, said, "Dushyant Kumar should be behind bars. I earnestly request ...