As protests continue over the R. G. Kar rape and murder case in Kolkata, Union Health Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Jagat Prakash Nadda has said the BJP is committed to fighting injustice in West Bengal. He was speaking in Kolkata on Thursday (October 10, 2024).
Speaking at a Durga Puja event at Kolkata’s Santosh Mitra Square, Mr. Nadda affirmed the BJP’s “commitment to fighting injustice in West Bengal.”
“Ma Durga’s blessings have infused us with the vigour needed to fight injustice and the strength needed to stand up for what is just… In Bengal, our fight for justice will go on and injustice will be annihilated,” he said.
Mr. Nadda was on a day-long trip to Kolkata which started Thursday (October 10, 2024) morning. He was accompanied by Leader of the Opposition Suvendhu Adhikari and state BJP president Sukanta Majumdar. He visited the Ramakrishna Mission’s headquarters at Belur Math in Howrah for Saptami and subsequently the Santosh Mitra Square Durga Puja, which BJP leader Sajal Ghosh heads.
On the same day, at a different event at The Westin in Kolkata, Mr Nadda spoke about the murder at R. G. Kar Medical College where on August 9, a female doctor was raped and killed while on duty.
“This is lawlessness, jungleraaj,” Mr Nadda said, adding that women are not safe in West Bengal, despite there being a woman CM.
“This is Trinamool culture, this threat culture, this hooliganism, this goondaism, this cut money culture, all these are associated with the Trinamool Congress,” he said.
Meanwhile, on Thursday (October 10, 2024), an indefinite hunger strike by seven junior doctors entered its fifth day, with one of them experiencing a serious deterioration in health.
Published - October 11, 2024 05:39 pm IST
