Kiren Rijiju accused Mamata Banerjee of exploiting the doctor's tragic death for political gain, alleging that the chief minister had 'failed to act' to prevent the crime
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Rape is a curse against humanity and social reforms are required to prevent such crimes, she said
Mamata Banerjee described the bill as 'historic' and 'model', calling it a tribute to the 31-year-old trainee doctor raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical Centre and Hospital
The new Bill to be tabled in the Bengal Assembly today proposes the death penalty for individuals convicted of rape resulting in death or a vegetative state.
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In a letter to All India Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, the former Rajya Sabha member said he had offered many suggestions to party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister
Union minister and BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar had earlier said that the protesters want Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to step down over the medic's rape-murder
Banerjee on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reiterating her request for stringent central legislation
In her letter, Banerjee said that she was yet to receive a reply from the prime minister on the issue that she had flagged in her previous letter to him
In her letter, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee reiterated her request for a stringent central law with mandatory provisions for timely case disposal by trial authorities
He also alleged that the TMC supremo's comment exposed her politics of anarchy
Indira Mukherjee, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Central Division, Kolkata Police said that at no instant had the police called the incident a suicide
Banerjee said that some people accused her of threatening the agitating junior doctors, which is completely false
The creator of an audio clip threatening to vandalise Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Kalighat home, along with the creator and admin of the WhatsApp group, has been arrested
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has heavily condemned Mamata Banerjee for her provocative and "hateful" comment saying that if violence spreads to Bengal, other states will be impacted
The BJP demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for sustained efforts to divert the probe and shield the main perpetrators in the alleged rape and murder
Majhi also alleged that Banerjee was making "vindictive" comments "without giving justice to the victim of Kolkata hospital rape and murder case
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The authoritarian, anti-women behaviour of the TMC government is undoubtedly a disgrace to democracy, an insult to humanity and a shame to civilized society, the chief minister said in Hindi on X