A woman Congress worker in Uttar Pradesh was thrashed at an internal meeting of the party after she objected to the nomination of the party candidate from Deoria, saying he is accused in a rape case. The woman, Tara Devi, said she was unhappy over the nomination of a member who has been accused of rape; she also denied hitting the national secretary. The discussion addresses issues such as rising crime in UP and whether it is time to clean up politics by not giving tickets to those accused of crime.