Reacting to the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder incident, Congress leader TS Singhdeo on Sunday said that in such incidents the priority should be to ensure justice for the victim but unfortunately there is a politics on this situation.
Tharoor recalled a debate he had with former Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, where he pushed for a bill to safeguard medical professionals. However, the government responded that granting protection to one profession would set a precedent for others.
Actors and filmmakers from the Bengali cinema industry gathered to protest against the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
The Indian Medical Association in Amritsar held a candle march on Sunday to show solidarity with the victim of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder incident and to demand justice.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shehzad Poonawalla on Sunday alleged that Trinamool Congress is involved in "destroying evidence" and criticised the INDIA bloc leaders for their lack of response in the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the rape and murder of a doctor in state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal.
West Bengal Governor CV Anand Bose has requested a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Health Minister JP Nadda regarding the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, as per Rajbhawan sources.
Football fans staged protest near Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata against the alleged rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
CBI team investigating the rape and murder case of a woman doctor on Sunday examined and conducted 3D laser mapping in the emergency ward of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.
Lashing out at the West Bengal government, BJP President and Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Sunday said that the state under the regime of Trinamool Congress has become anti-women, anti-youth and anti-democracy.
The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the rape and murder of a doctor in state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal.