Rahul Gandhi wades into Pune Porsche crash issue: ‘Justice should be equal for rich and poor’

Picking on the Juvenile Justice Board’s bail order, which included conditions such as asking the minor to volunteer with traffic police and write an essay about the incident, Gandhi said drivers from lower economic strata never get such lenient treatment.

"Why aren’t truck drivers, bus drivers, or Uber, auto drivers asked to write essays? The question is about justice. It should be the same for everyone, for the rich and the poor,” Gandhi says in the video.

Amid the public uproar over the Pune incident in which a Porsche car driven by an inebriated minor killed two youngsters, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has commented on the case, wondering why the realtor’s son received lenient treatment when others, such as truck drivers or Uber drivers, have to spend years in prison for similar crimes.

Picking on the Juvenile Justice Board’s bail order, which included conditions such as asking the minor to volunteer with traffic police and write an essay about the incident, Gandhi said drivers from lower economic strata never get such lenient treatment.

“If someone is killed by a bus driver, truck driver, Ola, Uber, or auto-driver by mistake, they get a prison term of 10 years, and their keys are thrown away. But if a rich kid drives a Porsche under the influence of alcohol and kills two persons, he is asked to write an essay. Why aren’t truck drivers, bus drivers, or Uber, auto drivers asked to write essays? The question is about justice. It should be the same for everyone, for the rich and the poor,” Gandhi says in the video.

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He also attacked the central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that PM Modi was creating two Indias. “When he is asked about creating two Indias – one of the billionaires and one of the poor, he asks, ‘Should I make everyone poor?’ That’s not the question. The question is of justice. It should be the same for everyone,” Gandhi says in the video statement.

The Juvenile Justice Board’s bail order has been widely criticized by the public. On Monday, Maharashtra DCM Devendra Fadnavis said that he was shocked by the “extremely lenient” order by the Board, and the police are appealing against it.

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