Stepping up the attack on the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar on Sunday announced a series of programmes to protest against the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor at a state-run hospital here over two weeks back.The programmes will be held across the state between August 28 and September 4, said Majumdar, also a Union minister.
Demanding Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s resignation for her alleged failure to address the core issue of women’s safety, Majumdar said the party will begin a sit-in at Esplanade area of Kolkata from August 28 while the party’s women’s wing will lock the gate of the state women’s commission.
“The state women’s commission seems to have gone into a stupor,” Majumdar told reporters on the sidelines of a demonstration by BJP at Shyambazar area of the city.
Responding to BJP’s planned programmes, TMC state spokesperson Joy Prakash Majumdar said, “To divert the focus from the delay by CBI in tracking the perpetrators of the crime, the BJP is trying to foment trouble in the state and disrupt normal life.”
“While the entire West Bengal is asking the CBI to ensure justice is done to the victim doctor, the BJP’s only demand is resignation of the CM who has expressed solidarity with the victim’s family and stood by them. She also reiterated her government and party’s stance about zero tolerance to incidents like rape.”
