In a significant legal development, Union Minister of State for Education and DoNER Sukanta Majumdar has filed a writ petition before the Calcutta High Court challenging repeated illegal and arbitrary detentions by the state authorities.
While speaking to the reporters, Sukanta Majumdar said that he was detained thrice at different places. The BJP MP mentioned that he was detained on June 28 due to "democratic agitation" because of which he had to stay in the Lal Bazaar police station the entire night.
Union Minister and West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar was detained on Saturday while protesting against the alleged gangrape incident at South Calcutta Law College in Kolkata.
Union Minister and West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had politicised Lord Jagannath and Rath Yatra in Digha was being organised to divide Hindu votes.
The Jagannath Temple in Digha, West Bengal, became center of another controversy as the Trinamool Congress slammed Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar over his recent comments on West Bengal government's administration of the temple.
Sukanta Majumdar alleged that the West Bengal police had not taken any action and were "mute." Taking on 'X', the BJP MP informed about the development and asserted that the West Bengal police failed to take any preventive action despite clear signs of escalating tension.
Following Calcutta High Court's directive to the Centre to resume disbursal of MGNREGA funds in West Bengal from August 1, Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar said that it was too early to comment on this but the court has agreed that the evidence presented indicated corruption has occurred in d
Speaking to ANI, Majumdar said, "Congress's job is to raise questions, there is nothing new in this... The last census was done in 2011; now, the time has come for the census, and the caste census will be done."
Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar welcomed the decision to issue a gazette notification for the 16th Census with caste enumeration, and said that it will help the government in planning for the future.
Reacting to Rahul Gandhi's allegations that Maharashtra Assembly elections in 2024 were a blueprint for rigging democracy, Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar stated that he should visit West Bengal to see democracy under the Mamata Banerjee government.
"The most disturbing part is that the girl, who went missing on the 27th, was later found completely naked. She was also differently-abled. Unfortunately, this is not the only incident -- West Bengal is rapidly turning into the rape capital of India," Majumdar told ANI.
Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar on Thursday criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that she needs to learn what to speak and when to speak.