BJP has no inkling of SHAKTI of a Woman. Meet Professor Roop Rekha Verma One of the 3 Petitioners who fought for #BilkisGetsJustice Who is Roop Rekha Verma? Professor Verma, secretary of Saajhi Duniya, was born in 1943 in Mainpuri, a small town in Uttar Pradesh. For 39 years, she taught philosophy at Lucknow University and was appointed the Vice-Chancellor in 1998 for a year. Professor Verma, for years, has championed the cause of human rights and secularism in the City of Nawabs. She has been critical of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) — the ideological parent of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — all her life. Her passion for social activism, which started when she was in her mid-twenties, continues even today at the age of 76. On May 2, 2005, a brutal gangrape sent shockwaves through Uttar Pradesh. A Scrap dealer’s thirteen-year-old daughter was pulled into a moving car from Aashiyana, Lucknow. Six men then took turns raping, sodomising and burning her with cigarettes. After several hours of the ordeal, they dumped her on the roadside at Daliganj. The girl was seriously injured. The gang was — Aman Bakshi, Bhartendu Mishra, Faizan, Saurabh Jain — was led by Gaurav Shukla. After an 11-year-long legal battle which saw witness intimidation, Gaurav Shukla was finally convicted in 2016. Professor Roop Rekha Verma and her rights organisation Saajhi Duniya was instrumental in securing justice for the survivor. Today also you can see 79 Years Old retired professor Roop Rekha Verma,distributing pamphlets of PEACE AND BROTHERHOOD on the street of Lucknow. Salute their courage, their perseverance and compassion! More power to them! The Daughter of India🇮🇳