Unnao rape accused Kuldeep Sengar’s Independence Day ad triggers row

A photograph of Uttar Pradesh MLA and rape accused Kuldeep Sengar was seen in an Independence Day greetings published in a local newspaper.

In the advertisement on Thursday, Sengar's photo appeared alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the local edition of a Hindi daily.

The advertisement wishing the local people on Independence Day and Raksha Bandhan was given by the Ugu Panchayat chairman and advocate Anuj Kumar Dikshit. It also carried a photograph of Sengar's wife who is the zila panchayat chairperson.

As the controversy over Sengar's photograph surrounded the political circles, Dikshit said: "Sengar is an MLA of our area that is why his photo is there. Till the time he is our MLA his photo can be put up. I am not the member of any political party and what they say, does not concern me. I have not mentioned any party in the advertisement."