Amid the political and social turmoil that has yet again gripped the state of West Bengal following an incident of alleged gangrape of a law student at South Calcutta Law College on June 25, State Assembly Leader of Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari, along with scores of BJP workers, staged
Amid the outcry over the Kolkata gang rape case, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday said that West Bengal need to be "free" from the Trinamool Congress (TMC), drawing parallels between the party's governance in the state and the Emergency imposed by the Congress in 1975.
Trinamool Congress on Sunday has issued a show cause notice to its party leader and Kamarhati MLA Madan Mitra following his "unwanted, unnecessary, and insensitive comments" on the alleged gangrape of a law student from South Calcutta Law College in Kolkata's Kasba area on June 25.
While speaking to ANI, Archana Majumdar said, "Neither are they (police) letting us meet the victims, see the crime scene, nor did they let us take any photographs. The police do not want us to meet the victim's family."
While speaking to ANI, Jaiswal talked about the earlier incident that happened with the girl student at the medical college, saying, "The incident that happened with the girl student in the medical college shook the whole of Bengal, but Mamata Banerjee did not learn anything from it."
Majumdar visited Kolkata to investigate the alleged gangrape case at South Calcutta Law College. During her visit, she met with the officer-in-charge and discussed the case's progress.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dilip Ghosh on Sunday demanded strict action in the alleged gang rape case at South Calcutta Law College in Kolkata's Kasba and said those involved must be arrested based on the victim's statement.
Bharatiya Janata Party has alleged that the Kolkata law college gangrape accused is linked to the leaders of Trinamool Congress, and has demanded their resignation.
Kolkata Police detained Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and party workers while they were protesting at Lalbazar against the alleged gangrape incident at South Calcutta Law College.
BJP leader Gaurav Vallabh told ANI, "What is the relationship between the gangrape accused and the TMC? Why do accused often emerge as members of the TMC party? In this case, the accused is also found to be a member of TMC. All of this is happening when the West Bengal Chief Minister is a wo