Editor's Pick: a Rahul-Priyanka moment

The Hindu Newsletter - [The Hindu Logo]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Youtube]( [Linkedin]( [Instagram]( Sunday 04, October 2020 [alt_text]( Editor's Pick [Congress takes the spotlight on Hathras]( [alt_text]( (The Editor's Pick is a new newsletter from The Hindu that provides a snapshot of the most important stories from today's edition of our newspaper, along with a note from our top editors on why we chose to give prominence to these stories.) After a standoff with the U.P. police, Congress leaders[Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra met the family of the gang rape victim](in Hathras on Saturday. After the meeting, Ms. Vadra conveyed that the family wanted a high-level probe into why the [victim's body was burnt without their permission](. On their way to Hathras, Ms. Vadra and her cortège of Congress leaders and legislators where blocked at the Delhi-Noida border by a large posse of policemen. After a scuffle during which Ms. Vadra was manhandled, some of the Congress leaders were allowed to proceed to Hathras. The visuals that emerged from yesterday's events showed the [Congress putting up an active front on a crime]( that has rocked the nation due to its horrific nature and the caste violence ingrained in it. The party is trying to push the message that the BJP [government in U.P. is anti-Dalit and insensitive](. In this it seems to be one step ahead of the other two political players in the State, the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party. U.P. is a crucial variable in the political calculations of the national parties. Congress has not had much electoral success in the State in the last 30 years, and both Mr. Gandhi and Ms. Vadra have been trying to gain a foothold in the State over the last decade. Yesterday's development gives them some visibility at least in the short term, making this story on their protest important. The Big Story [World’s longest highway tunnel opened in Himachal Pradesh]( [alt_text]( From the Front Page [alt_text]( [Sushant Singh Rajput death | AIIMS medical board rules out murder]( [alt_text]( [Hathras gang rape | Yogi Adityanath recommends CBI probe]( Profiles [alt_text]( [Amnesty International | On the front lines of rights and rows]( [alt_text]( [Julian Assange | Enemy of the state]( Literary Review [The many conversations with trut](h: Gandhi as a writer N.S. Gundur [R.E. Enthove](n's 'The Tribes and Castes of Bombay' Aakar Patel You are receiving this email because you are a user of [thehindu.com]( If you do not wish to receive any such emails, [unsubscribe here.](mailto:rm-0b4wy7a2bf2f90kaup33rtbysa8hkv9@newsalert.thehindu.com?subject=Unsubscribe&body=You will be unsubscribed from our mailing list.) To ensure you continue to receive emails from The Hindu in your inbox, please add newsletters.th@newsalert.thehindu.com to your contact. If you can't see the mailer, please [click here.]( Group Sites [The Hindu]( | [இந்து தமிழ் திசை]( | [Business Line]( | [BL on Campus]( | [Sportstar]( | [Frontline]( | [The Hindu Centre]( | [Images]( | [roofandfloor]( | [Classifieds]( Copyright @ 2020 ,THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. [About Us]( | [Contact Us]( | [Digital Subscription](