New Delhi, March 7 -- Launching an attack on the Uttar Pradesh government over lawlessness in the state, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday claimed that two minor girls who were victims of gang rape, died by suicide in Kanpur.

In a social media post on X, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi said, "Two minor girls, victims of gang rape, committed suicide in Kanpur. Now the father of those girls has also committed suicide."

Comparing the case with that of Hathras and Unnao, the Congress leader claimed that the 'victim's family was put under pressure to compromise.'

"In Uttar Pradesh, if victimized girls and women ask for justice, it has become a rule to destroy their families. From Unnao, Hathras to Kanpur - wherever wome...