BJP MP Locket Chatterjee accuses crime against women during West Bengal panchayat polls, sheds tears.
BJP MP Locket Chatterjee cried at a press convention right here on Friday as she cited numerous instances of crime against women, together with alleged disrobing, during and after the West Bengal panchayat polls.
“The situation in Manipur also prevails in West Bengal,” she advised reporters.
Hitting out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, she mentioned women are being “disrobed” and paraded within the state whereas she is observing ‘Martyrs’ Day’.
Addressing reporters, West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar mentioned that he condemns what occurred in Manipur, a reference to the viral May 4 video of two women being paraded bare within the violence-hit northeastern state.
He claimed that comparable crimes are taking place in Bengal as effectively.
The solely distinction is that incidents in Bengal weren’t recorded on digital camera, he mentioned, citing a number of alleged incidents.
A lady was disrobed and assaulted in a polling sales space during the latest panchayat election in West Bengal, the 2 BJP leaders alleged.
Addressing the Trinamool Congress’ annual ‘Martyrs’ Day’ rally in Kolkata, occasion supremo and Bengal Chief Minister Banerjee continued her tirade against the BJP-led Union authorities over the Manipur scenario, saying the BJP’s ‘Beti Bachao’ scheme has now was ‘Beti Jalao’.
The TMC has been organising the rally for a few years in reminiscence of 13 Congress supporters who have been shot lifeless in police firing in 1993 during a march to the state secretariat — Writers Buildings — when the CPI(M)-led Left Front was in energy within the state.
(Source: PTI)
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