The mom of the Kolkata trainee physician, who was brutally raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical Faculty and Hospital final month, has criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of mendacity and making an attempt to silence the protests surrounding the incident. Her sharp rebuke follows Banerjee’s earlier dismissal of allegations that the Kolkata Police tried to bribe the sufferer’s mother and father. The Chief Minister had termed the accusations in opposition to her authorities as “slander.”
“The Chief Minister is mendacity,” the grieving mom said, as quoted by India Right now. “She stated that you’ll get the compensation, and you may construct one thing in reminiscence of your daughter. I had stated then that when my daughter will get justice, I’ll come to your workplace and take the compensation.”
The distraught mom additional alleged that Banerjee was attempting to “strangle” the protests demanding justice for her daughter, whose semi-naked physique was found at RG Kar hospital on August 9.
Banerjee’s current enchantment for the general public to halt their protests and put together for the upcoming Durga Puja festivities was additionally criticised by the sufferer’s mom, who known as the plea “inhuman.”
“It appears inhuman to me as a result of I’m the mom of a lady. I’ve misplaced a toddler, so I really feel inhuman. If individuals from all around the nation wish to return for the (Durga Puja) pageant, they will,” she remarked, based on India Right now’s report. Reflecting on her private loss, the mom added, “Durga Puja was celebrated in my home too. My daughter used to do it at house. However, now darkness has engulfed our lives. How can I inform individuals to rejoice the pageant throughout this time?”
In a pointed query to the Bengal Chief Minister, she requested, “If such an incident had occurred in her household, would she have stated that?”
ALSO READ | ‘Have Endurance’: CM Mamata Banerjee On Calls for For Elimination Of Kolkata High Cop Vineet Goyal
As Mamata Banerjee Urges ‘Return To Festivities’, Kolkata Sufferer’s Mom Says Bengal CM Desires To ‘Strangle The Motion’
Earlier within the day, Mamata Banerjee urged the general public to “return to festivities” in gentle of the upcoming Durga Puja. “In case you keep on the roads each evening, aged individuals endure from sleep deprivation due to noise air pollution. We haven’t acted on state air pollution management board norms. One month has handed. I request you to return to festivities and demand that the CBI completes investigations on the earliest,” Banerjee was quoted as saying by information company PTI.
Nonetheless, the sufferer’s mom was firm in her stance, asserting that the protests would persist till justice was secured for her daughter. “Mamata Banerjee desires to strangle the motion. It’s like my daughter was strangled and proof was destroyed. Till we get justice, we’ll keep on the street,” she declared, as quoted by the report.
In the meantime, the Indian Medical Affiliation’s (IMA) West Bengal unit has expressed unwavering assist for the placing medical doctors within the state, regardless of the Supreme Court docket’s directive for them to return to work by 5 pm on Tuesday. The IMA’s assertion, issued in a press launch, additionally conveyed deep disappointment with the Supreme Court docket’s proceedings and the dealing with of the case by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The Supreme Court docket, underneath the management of Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, has ordered the protesting medical doctors to renew their duties instantly, assuring them that no hostile motion shall be taken in the event that they comply. The courtroom emphasised that “any protest can’t be at the price of obligation” and urged the medical doctors to fulfil their medical tasks whereas guaranteeing their security.