Hundreds gathered at India Gate at midnight on April 12 after Congress President Rahul Gandhi called people on Twitter for a candlelight vigil in protest of two major rape cases in the country. The first is the case of an 8-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua. The second is a 17-year-old in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao. In the UP case, a BJP MLA is the main accused.

Though the protest was organised by the Congress Party, many chose to gather though they were not affiliated to the party.