CJP Protest | 'Slapped Him Thrice For Touching Me...': What Happened To E MLA's Daughter At Jantar Mantar?
CJP Protest | 'Slapped Him Thrice For Touching Me...': What Happened To E MLA's Daughter At Jantar Mantar? Published By, Last Updated: July 28, 2026
CJP Protest | 'Slapped Him Thrice For Touching Me...': What Happened To E MLA's Daughter At Jantar Mantar? Published By, Last Updated: July 28, 2026, 09:12 IST Yashaswinee Raje Singh, daughter of former Fatehpur BJP MLA Vikram Singh, has alleged she was molested during a student protest at Jantar Mantar; her father denies any knowledge. CJP Protest: Yashaswinee claimed a man behind her tried to touch her and forced his hand between her legs. Yashaswinee Raje Singh, daughter of former Fatehpur Sadar BJP MLA Vikram Singh, has alleged she was molested by a man in the crowd during a student protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on July 24. She claims she was scolded for objecting, while her father has denied any knowledge of the incident. In an Instagram post, Yashaswinee wrote that she was at Jantar Mantar with her sister that night, participating in the students’ protest, when a barricade near the main stage collapsed, triggering what she described as a stampede-like situation in the crowd. It was during this chaos, she alleged, that a man standing behind her attempted to touch her inappropriately.
What Does Yashaswinee’s Account Say? According to her post, she and her sister were heading toward the main stage around 12:15 am on July 24 when they found themselves packed into a narrow space near a metal detector, with hundreds of people pressed together. She wrote that they had asked several people about a separate queue for women but found the area in complete disarray. Around three feet away, she alleged, a barricade suddenly gave way, causing people to stumble and fall on one another — a moment she said felt like the start of a stampede. She claimed that as they turned back, a man behind her tried to touch her and forced his hand between her legs. How Did The Crowd React, According To Her Claim? Yashaswinee alleged that when she slapped the man three times in response, several bystanders turned on her instead of the accused, scolding her rather than intervening against him. She also claimed a volunteer present at the scene brushed off the incident, allegedly telling her that “such things keep happening." Who Is Her Father, And What Has He Said?
Vikram Singh has twice been elected BJP MLA from the Fatehpur Sadar assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh — first in a 2014 bypoll, then in the 2017 assembly election. He began his political career in student politics and joined the BJP in 2010. Asked about his daughter’s allegation, Singh said he had no information about the incident and suggested his wife, who was with Yashaswinee, would know more. CJP Protests: How Other BJP Leaders’ Daughters Reacted This isn’t the first instance this year of a BJP leader’s daughter drawing attention over a protest-related matter, though the circumstances differ sharply. Assam minister Keshab Mahanta faced criticism after his daughter, Dibisa Mahanta, was allegedly seen at a Guwahati student protest demanding then-Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation over the alleged NEET paper leak, with purported videos showing her criticising the Centre. Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma defended Mahanta, saying parents “cannot be held responsible" for their adult children’s views, while acknowledging the remarks against the PM were “wrong." Separately, Odisha BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi’s daughter, Archita Sachin Rahar, posted celebrating Pradhan’s resignation; Sarangi’s office defended her right to express her views, and state BJP leaders said the party saw no internal discontent over it.
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