Asha Singh is the mother of the survivor of the 2017 Unnao rape incident. In January 2022, Asha Singhs name appeared in the list of 125 names of the Congress party for the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections announced by Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. [5]The Hindu.Asha Singhs name first appeared in media when, in April 2018, she lodged a complaint against former BJP member Kuldeep Singh Sengar, his brother Atul, and others accused of the custodial murder of her husband, Surendra Singh alias Pappu, and rape of her 17-year-old daughter. [6]Business Standard.Asha Singhs 17-year-old minor daughter was gang-raped by former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, his brother Jaideep alias Atul Singh, and others after she was kidnapped from her village Mankhi in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, on 4 June 2017.Ashas daughter was found on 21 June 2017, 17 days after the gang rape, in a village named Auraiya, 116.8 km away from her village. The next day, the family alleged that when they tried to name Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the FIR, the police showed reluctance and even threw them out of the station.On 22 June 2017, the victim named Shubham Singh, Awdhesh Tiwari, Brijesh Yadav, and other unknown assailants for abduction and gang rape in her statement that she recorded in front of a Judicial Magistrate under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). Following this, the accused were detained after a second FIR was registered later under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). In her statement, the victim also stated that she was even sold to a man in Auraiya for Rs. 60 thousand. [7]Dainik Jagran The Unnao rape survivor interacting with media.On 17 August 2017, the victim wrote an open letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in which she narrated her ordeal of gang rape. Although police recorded her statement, they did not allow her to name her assailant. [8]The Indian Express.On 3 April 2018, the victims father was arrested in a false case of illegal arms, where he was allegedly beaten by the police at the behest of Sengar and 10 others. [9]The Tribune.On 8 April 2018, the victim tried to immolate herself outside Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanaths official residence in Lucknow, alleging the inaction by police. [10]Hindustan Times.On 9 April 2018, the victims father, Surendra Singh alias Pappu, died in custody following which Atul Sengar was arrested and six police officers were suspended. [11]BBC.Following widespread outrage, an FIR was registered against BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar, and the case was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation, and subsequently, it was shifted to the Allahabad High Court. [12]BBC After the MLA was questioned by the CBI on 13 April 2018, the Allahabad High Court issued an order to arrest him on the same. [13]The Times of India.