NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday wrote one other letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that she had not obtained a response to her earlier letter, during which she referred to as for extra stringent laws to deal with rape circumstances.
In her letter, Banerjee wrote, “You might kindly recall my letter No.44-CM dated August 22, 2024 (copy enclosed) relating to the necessity for stringent Central laws on incidents of rape and meting out exemplary punishment to perpetrators of such crimes.No reply was obtained out of your finish on such a delicate subject.”
She additional talked about that whereas a reply was obtained from the minister of ladies and little one improvement, it didn’t adequately handle the gravity of the problem she had raised in her preliminary letter.
“Nevertheless, a reply has been obtained from the Minister of Ladies and Baby Improvement, Authorities of India (vide their No. 1/RESC/HMWCD/2024 dated-Twenty fifth August 2024), which barely attends the gravity of the problem raised in my letter. I’m of the thought that the seriousness of the topic and its relevance to the society haven’t been adequately appreciated whereas sending out this generic reply,” she mentioned.
The Mamata Banerjee-led authorities has been underneath extreme criticism following the rape-murder case of a trainee physician and the next vandalism on the RG Kar hospital, the place the incident occurred. The trainee physician was raped within the hospital’s seminar corridor, and her physique was found on August 9. Following the incident, Mamata Banerjee introduced that her authorities would search capital punishment for the perpetrator.
In her letter, Banerjee wrote, “You might kindly recall my letter No.44-CM dated August 22, 2024 (copy enclosed) relating to the necessity for stringent Central laws on incidents of rape and meting out exemplary punishment to perpetrators of such crimes.No reply was obtained out of your finish on such a delicate subject.”
She additional talked about that whereas a reply was obtained from the minister of ladies and little one improvement, it didn’t adequately handle the gravity of the problem she had raised in her preliminary letter.
“Nevertheless, a reply has been obtained from the Minister of Ladies and Baby Improvement, Authorities of India (vide their No. 1/RESC/HMWCD/2024 dated-Twenty fifth August 2024), which barely attends the gravity of the problem raised in my letter. I’m of the thought that the seriousness of the topic and its relevance to the society haven’t been adequately appreciated whereas sending out this generic reply,” she mentioned.
The Mamata Banerjee-led authorities has been underneath extreme criticism following the rape-murder case of a trainee physician and the next vandalism on the RG Kar hospital, the place the incident occurred. The trainee physician was raped within the hospital’s seminar corridor, and her physique was found on August 9. Following the incident, Mamata Banerjee introduced that her authorities would search capital punishment for the perpetrator.
