KOLKATA: Political noise over the RG Kar rape-murder stuffed the streets of Kolkata Friday as Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee led a silent march and blamed the opposition for the vandalism on the hospital two nights in the past, whereas corresponding rallies by BJP and the Left demanding justice to the sufferer have been marked by jibes and a few jousting with police.
Members of SUCI, which had referred to as a 12-hour basic strike, have been concerned in a scuffle with cops at south Kolkata’s Hazra crossing whereas attempting to dam visitors.
BJP’s protest included a two-hour ceasework in all institutions. Police dismantled a stage BJP staff had put up close to the Shyambazar five-point crossing – a brief stroll from RG Kar Medical School – earlier within the day, triggering a heated alternate. State BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar held a sit-in on the highway and was joined by basic secretaries Agnimitra Paul and Jagannath Chattopadhyay. A number of BJP staff and functionaries, together with Majumdar, have been detained.
Former Union minister Smriti Irani, who was in Kolkata, accused CM Mamata of passing the buck by blaming BJP of inflicting a ruckus. “How is that this doable? Please cease this politics of ‘tera rape, mera rape’. How is it doable {that a} mob can vandalise a hospital in full public view and destroy gadgets which may be proof?” she stated.
Mamata stated she backed Kolkata’s spontaneous ‘Reclaim the Evening’ protests hours earlier than the vandalism at RG Kar. “I salute the protests led by our moms and sisters,” she stated after her silent march to demand capital punishment to the offender.
She stated BJP and the Left triggered the vandalism. “You went there to destroy proof however vandalised the fallacious flooring. Your males have destroyed two flooring and costly equipment. Hospital infrastructure price something between Rs 50 crore and Rs 100 crore has been destroyed,” she stated. The CM stated the opposition had joined the protests “not as a result of they really feel for the woman and her household however as a result of they envy Lakshmir Bhandar and different welfare initiatives initiated by us”.
“I noticed it on the movies. There have been CPM goons with DYFI flags and BJP goons with nationwide flags,” Mamata stated. She accused CPM and BJP of doctoring movies and sharing them on “sponsored” social media channels.
“I need to inform Ram-Bam (Left)-Shyam – the alliance between BJP, CPM and Congress in Bengal – you’ll be able to abuse me however don’t attempt to malign Bengal,” she stated, asking them to not check her endurance.
The CM appealed to BJP to let CBI “work impartially”.
She additionally appealed to the agitating medical doctors to renew work. “Poor individuals who can not afford personal healthcare are struggling due to you… Please perceive how sufferers are struggling due to your non-cooperation.”
