"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.
Amid the ongoing protests in West Bengal over the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, another case involving the alleged molestation of a minor girl in the Howrah Government Hospital has come to light, the superintendent of HGH said on Sunday.
"Mamata Banerjee is the root and the architect of this. Step Down, Mamata. She should resign. She is the main disease and virus in these types of incidents," Adhikari said.