BJP Demands Mamata Banerjee's Resignation Over Sexual Assault Incidents in West Bengal

The BJP has called for the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of failing to ensure women's safety in West Bengal. The demand follows multiple incidents of sexual assault in the state, including the molestation of a nurse and minors. TMC dismisses these claims as politically motivated.

The BJP on Sunday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, asserting her failure to ensure the safety and security of women, making West Bengal the most unsafe state in the country.

Taking to X, BJP's IT cell head Amit Malviya highlighted the alleged molestation of a nurse in a Birbhum hospital, a minor girl in a Howrah hospital, and another minor girl in North 24 Parganas over the last 24 hours. ''While West Bengal is in the throes of a civil society movement, demanding justice for a young woman doctor who was raped and murdered in RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, a nurse is molested in a Swasthya Kendra in Birbhum and now a staffer in a Howrah hospital attempts to outrage the modesty of a minor girl in the CT scan room,'' Malviya posted on X.

He questioned Mamata Banerjee's role as Health Minister of Bengal and demanded her resignation to instill fear of law among those assaulting women. Malviya claimed that Mamata Banerjee had turned government hospitals into profit centers for criminal syndicates, compromising safety.

In Birbhum, a nurse at the Illambazar block hospital was allegedly molested and abused by a male patient. In Howrah, a laboratory technician was arrested for allegedly molesting a minor girl at District Headquarters Hospital.

Meanwhile, in Madhyamgram, a mob vandalized the house of a panchayat member accused of molesting a 10-year-old girl. The accused has been arrested.

BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar said that one incident after another under Mamata Banerjee's regime proves her failure to ensure women's safety, demanding her resignation.

TMC leader Kunal Ghosh accused the BJP of exploiting public displeasure over the RG Kar incident and attempting to destabilize Mamata Banerjee's government, emphasizing the Chief Minister's zero tolerance for rape and support for capital punishment for rapists.

Ghosh accused the BJP of seeking political gain by highlighting sexual assault incidents in West Bengal, while ignoring similar issues in BJP-ruled states.

(With inputs from agencies.)