Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 28 : BJP leader and Uttar Pradesh Women Commission Vice Chairperson, Aparna Bisht Yadav, on Saturday condemned the alleged gangrape of a student at a Kolkata law college.
Referring to a similar incident that happened ten months ago, she questioned how such crimes continue under a woman Chief Minister like Mamata Banerjee and called for a proper investigation into the matter.
Speaking to ANI, Aparna Bisht Yadav said, "It is highly condemnable...There is a female CM, Mamata Banerjee, and such things are not expected from her. Ten months ago, a similar incident occurred in her state. Today, a similar incident has happened again...A TMC meeting happened before that incident on the same law campus. She was raped in the guard room. It is a matter of investigation..."
Earlier, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson CR Kesavan slammed the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government over the alleged gangrape incident, and said women's safety is under serious threat in the state.
Kesavan questioned how such a crime could happen in a government-affiliated college and accused Banerjee of being insensitive to women's safety.
"The dignity and security of our sisters and daughters are facing a serious threat under Mamata Banerjee's misrule, and under the TMC regime, the state has become a living nightmare for women... The most startling fact is that Mamata Banerjee, above all, is a woman, the Chief Minister and Home Minister who oversees the state's police department... Yet, we see this ghastly crime being committed in a government-affiliated law college, and one of the main accused is an active member of the TMC student council. Why is Mamata Banerjee so unsympathetic and insensitive to the safety and protection of women?" Kesavan said.
A female student was allegedly gang-raped inside a law college in Kolkata's Kasba on Wednesday. The police have arrested all three accused within 24 hours.
The three accused, named as Monojit Mishra (31), Zaib Ahmed (19), and Pramit Mukhopadhyay (20), were former students or staff members of the same law college.