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.
The Centre has moved an application in the Supreme Court raising issues that Central Industrial Security Force personnel deployed at RG Kar Medical College are facing a lot of difficulties in performing duties due to non-availability of accommodation, security gadgets and paucity of transpor
"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.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Saumitra Khan wrote to Union law minister Arjun Meghwal requesting to take immediate action to improve the justice and law enforcement situation in West Bengal and take appropriate action against the Kolkata Police Commissioner for failing to maintain the just
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.
Doctors from B. R. Singh Hospital, Eastern Railway conducted the medical tests of former principal of RG Kar Medical Hospital and College, Dr Sandip Ghosh and three others arrested. Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) anti-corruption branch had arrested Dr Ghosh and three others over