New Delhi [India], July 2 : Congress MP Imran Masood on Wednesday slammed the Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sukanta Majumdar over his criticism of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in connection with the alleged gang rape of a law student in Kolkata.
Imran Masood termed the incident "tragic" but questioned the BJP's silence on similar incidents in states governed by them, asserting that there was "no point" in politicising such sensitive matters.
"It is a tragic incident, but such incidents are happening everywhere in the country. Such incidents are also occurring in BJP-ruled states. Why is the BJP not focusing there?...There is no point in doing any politics", Imran Masood told ANI.
On July 1, Sukanta Majumdar criticised the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government, highlighting a pattern of rising crimes against women in the state.
"In a gap of eight months, two such incidents have occurred in West Bengal. One is RG Kar and the other is in Kasba, the town in South Calcutta Law College. The girl is nineteen years old and a first-year student. She was raped. Despite being a woman chief minister, such incidents continue to occur repeatedly," Majumdar said.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the BJP MP moved to the Calcutta High Court seeking judicial intervention over his recent arrest by the West Bengal police.
The West Bengal BJP President asserted that it is a "breach" of the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution, due to which he has approached the Calcutta High Court.
While speaking to reporters, Sukanta Majumdar stated that he had been detained three times at different locations. The BJP MP mentioned that he was detained on June 28 due to "democratic agitation", because of which he had to stay in the Lal Bazaar police station the entire night.