Last Updated: March 07, 2024, 18:25 IST
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee participates in a rally on the eve of International Women’s Day, in Kolkata, on 7 March 2024. (PTI picture)
In her speech on Thursday, Mamata Banerjee additionally highlighted incidents of violence in opposition to girls in different BJP-ruled states and raised questions on their response
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of spreading false details about Sandeshkhali, the place girls have accused TMC leaders of sexual abuse, emphasising that the sate is the ‘safest place’ within the nation for ladies, difficult the BJP’s claims throughout a rally in Kolkata.
“Some people are spreading fake information about Sandeshkhali. BJP leaders are spreading canards about the safety of women in West Bengal but they maintain a stoic silence when women are tortured in BJP-ruled states.. I challenge BJP and say that Bengal is the only place where women are safe,” Mamata Banerjee stated whereas addressing a rally of girls supporters in Kolkata.
According to a report in NDTV, some girls from Sandeshkhali, the place severe allegations in opposition to native TMC leaders have surfaced, additionally participated within the march, themed “Mahilader Adhikar, Amader Angikar” (girls’s rights, our dedication).
Prominent girls Trinamool leaders, together with Sushmita Dev, Shashi Panja, and newly-elected Rajya Sabha MP and journalist Sagarika Ghose, joined the occasion. Mamata’s nephew and the get together’s nationwide common secretary Abhishek Banerjee additionally participated.
In her speech on Thursday, she additionally highlighted incidents of violence in opposition to girls in different BJP-ruled states and raised questions on their response.
“Where were you when women were paraded naked in Manipur, when a woman was raped and her body forcibly cremated in Hathras? Have you forgotten Bilkis (Bano)?,” the TMC supremo questioned.
Accusations on Abhijit Gangopadhyay
Responding to former Calcutta High Court decide Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who joined the BJP earlier immediately, Mamata expressed skepticism about anticipating justice from somebody affiliated with the BJP. She accused the previous decide of “taking away jobs from thousands of youths through his judgments”.
“A BJP babu was sitting on the bench and he joined BJP. How can you expect justice from them?,” she acknowledged.
Mamata’s remarks adopted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s criticism of the TMC over alleged sexual assaults in Sandeshkhali.
PM Modi had stated that the ladies’s anger wouldn’t be restricted to Sandeshkhali however would sweep by means of West Bengal. He condemned the TMC for not addressing the “pain of the victims” and accused the Mamata-led authorities of defending the culprits.
“TMC has committed a grave sin by torturing mothers and sisters. Anybody’s head will hang in shame after seeing what happened in Sandeshkhali. But the TMC is not bothered about your pain. The TMC government is using its full strength to shield the culprits. But the state government first got a shock from the high court and then the Supreme Court,” Modi famous.
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