The incident has caused outrage as the BJP criticised the TMC for failing to protect women, while the ruling party accused the BJP of politicising the incident.
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BJP slams Mamata over ‘out at 12:30 am’ remark
The alleged gangrape of a second-year student of a private medical college in West Bengal’s Durgapur has caused a massive row in the state as the BJP targeted the ruling TMC government over the lack of law and order. It also hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her controversial remark stating that girls should not be allowed to go outside at night.He wrote on X, “Shameless @MamataOfficial a blot on womanhood, even more for being a CM…After RG Kar and Sandeshkhali, now this horrific case of rape and instead of justice, she blames the victim.”Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar slammed the TMC, claiming that the party has repeatedly made such statements and questioned whether the Chief Minister wanted all women to wear burqas and stay at home.
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Mamata Banerjee says remarks distorted
After the backlash over her statement, the TMC supremo blamed the media for “distorting her words”.The media distorted my words. You ask me a question, I answer it, and then you distort it. Do not try this kind of politics, she said in Alipurduar. Meanwhile, three accused in the case have been arrested and were presented before the court. It is the responsibility of the chief minister to stand beside women and to make laws to secure women… This is absurd, I cannot support her statement that girls should stay at home… This is not correct,” she added. BJP West Bengal Secretary Priyanka Tibrewal called Banerjee’s remarks “insensitive” and accused her of victim shaming.
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