"If we talk about the bill then the government and the administration should make efforts to stop such incidents. I believe there should not be any politics in it, only a collective and public effort can be made and everyone should be united for it. It (anti-rape bill) is good and welcomeabl
Janta Dal (United) spokesperson Rajiv Ranjan Prasad on Wednesday said that despite the West Bengal Assembly passing the 'Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment) 2024', if stringent action is not taken on all levels of the government regarding crimes against women,
The West Bengal Assembly unanimously passed the 'Aparajita Woman and Child Bill (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment) 2024', after which the West Bengal government called it "historic" and on the other hand the Bharatiya Janata Party termed it as "dramabaazi" of the state government.
"What action was taken against those who destroyed evidence at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital? Her intention is not to address the issues faced by women in the state or work for their welfare but to save herself from all the humiliation and divert the issue," Trivedi said.
In a recent statement, Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan questioned the timing of West Bengal's introduction of a new anti-rape bill, suggesting that it may be an attempt to divert public attention from the RG Kar Medical College.
Nationalist Congress Party (SCP) MP Supriya Sule, along with party workers, staged a protest against the Maharashtra government against the delay in assent to the 'Shakti bill' passed by the Maharashtra legislature that prescribes the death penalty for rapists at the pedestal of Mahatma Gand
With the arrest of the former principal of KG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh, BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla asserted that a big step has been taken to serve justice to the trainee doctor who was raped and murdered in the hospital premises on August 9.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee extended her support for West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment Bill 2024 and said that the bill is being brought to secure the dignity of women and if Bengal is abused, it will have a ripple effect.
Terming the West Bengal government "chicken-hearted," West Bengal BJP General Secretary and MLA Agnimitra Paul on Monday accused the West Bengal police of being in experts in syndicating and 'Tolabazi' and said that BJP will fight against this.
BJP workers staged protests outside the SDO Office in Siliguri on Monday, demanding justice for the victim of a rape and murder incident at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and calling for the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.