Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 2 : Union Minister and West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar on Wednesday arrived at the Calcutta High Court after he was detained by the police last week.
The West Bengal BJP President asserted that it is a "breach" of the fundamental rights given by the constitution, due to which he has come to the Calcutta High Court.
While speaking to the reporters, Sukanta Majumdar said that he was detained thrice at different places. 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.
"In the last month, I was detained thrice from different locations. On 12th June, I was detained in Kalighat, on 20th June, it was when I was going to a person's residence and on 28th June, for holding a democratic agitation. This constitutes a breach of an individual's fundamental rights. I have approached the Calcutta High Court to protect my democratic rights", he told reporters.
The BJP leader also slammed the TMC government over the South Kolkata law college alleged gang rape case and stated that the Mamata Banerjee termed it as a "minor" incident which shows the government is not serious about the matter.
"You (TMC) are unable to keep a college campus safe. If a female student is raped on a college campus, it raises a big question about your education system and law and order... Mamata Banerjee herself has said that this is a minor incident. I think the West Bengal government is not serious about this matter", he said.
Earlier, Majumdar, slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government over the rising incidents of crime against women in the state after the case of an alleged gang rape of a law student within her college premises in Kolkata.
Speaking to ANI, Majumdar pointed out that in the past eight months, two such incidents have occurred, first one the RG Kar rape and murder case and the recent rape of a student at a law college in South Kolkata.
"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," he said.
"Here in the Barrackpore, I went to the district a few months ago to meet that family, a disabled girl was raped and murdered. One incident after another is happening in West Bengal, and Mamata Banerjee is sitting quietly," Majumdar said.
The West Bengal BJP President also accused the state government of destroying democracy and claimed that the police force has become a cadre of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).