"TMC govt shielded criminals in RG Kar rape-murder incident": PM Modi

Durgapur (West Bengal) [India], July 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed pain and anger over atrocities against women in West Bengal, citing the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder incident, where he claimed that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal to shield the culprits.
PM Modi emphasised that hospitals are not safe for women under the current government regarding the rape and murder of a trainee doctor whose body was found on August 9, 2024, in the hospital's seminar room.
Lashing out at the TMC government for "failing" to protect the women in the state, the Prime Minister said that the injustice is happening under the rule of the party that preaches the values of "Maa, Mati, and Manush."
Addressing a public gathering in Durgapur, PM Modi said, "The injustice happening with the daughters in West Bengal under the rule of the party that preaches the values of Maa, Mati, and Manush deeply pains and angers me. It is disheartening to witness such actions occurring on the very land of Kadambini Ganguly, India's first female western-trained medical doctor. Yet today, even hospitals are not safe for young women."
Citing the recent South Calcutta Law College alleged rape case, the Prime Minister alleged that the accused has a connection with the TMC.
"The TMC has spared no effort in protecting the perpetrators... TMC government shielded the criminals in the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder incident. The nation did not recover from this incident, and in another college, an atrocity was committed on a daughter and in this case, the accused has a connection with the TMC... There are several examples that are proof of TMC's ruthlessness. We have to free Bengal from this ruthlessness," he stated.
A student was allegedly gang-raped inside the South Calcutta Law College in the Kasba area in the capital city of West Bengal on June 25.
Sharpening his attacks, PM Modi alleged that TMC is "double attacking" the state's education system through corruption and crime, leading to thousands of teachers being unemployed due to the government's corruption.
The Prime Minister said, "Today, people are saying 'TMC hatao, Bengal bacho'... the things that are happening with youth's education and skill is worrying, whether it is higher or primary education. TMC is doing double attack on the state's education system through corruption and crime. Thousands of teachers are unemployed due to the corruption of the TMC government... The court also said that this is a systematic fraud. TMC has put both present and future of state in danger." (ANI)