Hathras case: Photo-op politics by Gandhis or have they seized the moment?

A delegation of Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and three other party leaders met the 19-year-old Dalit girl’s family at their home in Boolgarhi village in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras on Saturday. The visit was held amid heavy police deployment in and around the village in light of enforcement of Section 144 of the CrPC in parts of Hathras.

The visit raises several questions. In this edition of News Today, India Today TV's Rajdeep Sardesai speaks to Sushmita Deo- former MP and spokesperson of Congress, Rajat Sethi-political analyst, Javed Ansari- a senior journalist on whether the Hathras visit was just a political op for the Gandhis of have they seized the moment?