BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla took a jibe at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and said that if so much security had been provided at the RG Kar hospital then it would not have been desecrated by miscreants on the night of August 14.
Ahead of the protest, called amid the ongoing row over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, police had thrown a ring of security around the West Bengal state secretariat.
In the wake of the Nabanna Abhijan Rally over RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case, the West Bengal police has tightened security around the West Bengal state secretariat "Nabanna".
After West Bengal ADG Police (Law & Order) called the Nabanna Abhijan Rally scheduled for Tuesday illegal, BJP leader Dilip Ghosh asked what right the police have to call it legal or illegal saying that in a democratic country, anyone can protest.
Responding to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's letter to PM Modi for setting up fast-track courts, Union Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi lambasted the West Bengal government for its failure to implement essential safety measures for women and children in the state.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday concluded a second round of polygraph tests on former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH) principal Sandip Ghosh as part of their investigation into the rape-murder of a woman doctor at the institution.
West Bengal ADG Police (Law & Order) Manoj Kumar Verma called Nabanna Abhijan Rally on August 27 to reach the Nabanna or State Secretariat as illegal and an attempt to incite widespread unrest in Kolkata.
Indian Secular Front (ISF) on Sunday held a protest demanding justice in the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case, in Bhangar region of South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal.
A torchlight protest was held in Siliguri on Sunday to demand justice for the victim of the Kolkata woman doctor rape and murder at RG Kar Medical College.