Close X
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
ADVT 
India

Mamata Faces Protests Over Nun's Gang Rape, Condemns BJP For Politicising

Darpan News Desk IANS, 16 Mar, 2015 01:17 PM
    Angry over police's failure to arrest any of the culprits who gang-raped a nun in West Bengal's Nadia district, scores of people on Monday held up visiting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's convoy at Ranaghat and staged a demonstration seeking a CBI probe.
     
    After being stranded for over an hour, a visibly enraged Banerjee threatened strong action against the demonstrators and condemned the Bharatiya Janata Party for "trying to play politics" over the issue.
     
    Amid the growing outrage and resentment over Saturday's incident, Banerjee rushed to the Convent of Jesus and Mary High School in Ranaghat - some 80 km from Kolkata - where the nun was raped.
     
    While coming out of the Ranaghat Sub-Divisional Hospital after meeting the nun, Banerjee's convoy was stopped by scores of angry protesters shouting "we want justice" and "we want CBI".
     
    When repeated efforts by police and fathers of the convent to pacify the crowd proved futile, Banerjee vowed to act strongly against the demonstrators but simultaneously urging her party activists not to fall prey to the BJP's provocations.
     
    "I condemn the BJP for politicising this issue. This has become a norm for the BJP who have no respect for justice and laws. We will take strict action against those involve herea I urge you all do not fall prey to BJP's provocation," a visibly angry Banerjee said.
     
    Repeatedly urging the crowd to calm down and assuring action against the culprits, Banerjee even dared the demonstrators to touch her.
     
    "Let me see who dares to touch me, I challenge the BJP, I condemn the coward BJP. The BJP has no connect with the missionaries, the fathers, the school and the minorities. I condemn this party for playing politics over this incident," said the Trinamool Congress supremo.
     
    "Those who are shouting CBI, CBI and trying to play politics over rape, I condemn you.
     
     
    "Don't worry about me, my whole life has been spent for movements. I am not bothered by what people say about me," she said.
     
    "We will identify who all are doing this. We will take action as per law," she said.
     
    Banerjee also gave assurances of her government taking strong action against the rapists.
     
    She ordered her party activists to take out a protest rally in the area on Tuesday in protest against the gang rape and Monday's demonstration.
     
    Before leaving for Ranaghat, Banerjee held a meeting at the state secretariat in Kolkata with senior administrative officers.
     
    Earlier in the day, the state's Director General of Police G.M.P. Rajasekhar Reddy rushed to Ranaghat and held talks with the investigators.
     
    "We have detained eight people. They are being questioned. The culprits will be apprehended soon," Reddy told media persons.
     
    Enraged over police's failure, hundreds of locals including school children took out a rally in Ranaghat demanding arrest and hanging of the rapists.

    MORE India ARTICLES

    Delhi Votes Once Again; BJP, AAP Claim Victory As Delhi Votes

    Delhi Votes Once Again; BJP, AAP Claim Victory As Delhi Votes
    Hundreds of thousands voted enthusiastically across the Indian capital Saturday in assembly elections that both the BJP and the AAP claimed they will win.

    Delhi Votes Once Again; BJP, AAP Claim Victory As Delhi Votes

    Bihar Woman Sells 15-day-old To Arrange For Dowry

    Bihar Woman Sells 15-day-old To Arrange For Dowry
    In a shocking incident, an elderly woman allegedly sold her infant grandson for Rs.50,000 to arrange for dowry for her daughter's marriage in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, police said Saturday.

    Bihar Woman Sells 15-day-old To Arrange For Dowry

    High-Decibel Campaigning For Delhi Poll Ends

    High-Decibel Campaigning For Delhi Poll Ends
    The aggressive campaigning by political parties for the Feb 7 Delhi assembly polls - a virtual battle between the BJP and the AAP - ended Thursday with many leaders holding road shows and public meetings in a final attempt to woo the voters.

    High-Decibel Campaigning For Delhi Poll Ends

    Sunanda Pushkar's Son Questioned In Murder Case

    Sunanda Pushkar's Son Questioned In Murder Case
     Shiv Menon, who reached the Vasant Vihar office of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) at 1.15 p.m., was questioned for around eight hours till 9.30 p.m.

    Sunanda Pushkar's Son Questioned In Murder Case

    Modi Has 'Real Ambition' To Ensure Clean Energy In India: France

    Modi Has 'Real Ambition' To Ensure Clean Energy In India: France
    France, chair of the UN Climate Change Conference, Thursday lauded Prime Minster Modi's commitment to clean energy reflected in his 100 Smart Cities project and the initiative towards scaling up solar energy use by 2020, describing them as "real ambitions".

    Modi Has 'Real Ambition' To Ensure Clean Energy In India: France

    Why Chain India To The Past With N-energy, Asks Indian-american Expert

    Why Chain India To The Past With N-energy, Asks Indian-american Expert
     Noting that the US has not set up a new nuclear installation for decades, an Indian-American academic has accused President Barack Obama of hypocrisy in pushing India on a technology the US won't even touch.

    Why Chain India To The Past With N-energy, Asks Indian-american Expert