J&K Dy CM calls Kathua rape 'small issue', BJP-PDP faces backlash: Updates

Congress criticised J&K Deputy CM Kavinder Gupta's statement and said that the party's slogan of "Beti Bachao" (save girl child) was in fact a warning

The Kathua rape and murder case saw some more controversy on Monday, even as the Mehbooba Mufti-led Jammu & Kashmir government was undergoing a Cabinet reshuffle, thanks to some remarks by the newly appointed deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta. Mufti's People's Democratic Party (PDP) is in power in the state in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). 

While Gupta termed the case as a "small issue", the induction of BJP MLA Rajiv Jasrotia, who was part of the rally held in support of those accused in the Kathua rape and murder case, in the Cabinet raised questions on the ruling