‘Don’t you want to take revenge?’: BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari raises RG Kar case at bypoll rally

The Trinamool Congress highlights the West Bengal Government’s action in the RG Kar case and wants to remind the Opposition BJP of the Unnao and Hathras rape cases.

“This is the first vote after RG Kar rape and murder. Don’t you want to take revenge?” Adhikari said. (Express photo by Partha Paul)

While campaigning for the West Bengal Assembly bypolls, Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari has called on voters to “take revenge” on the TMC government for the rape and murder of the RG Kar trainee doctor, arguing that the rapist would get more stringent punishment if the ruling party lost the polls.

“A 31-year-old woman doctor went to take rest but who raped and killed the doctor? He is part of Mamata Banerjee’s civic police. Who tried to remove evidence of the crime? A doctor who was close to the ruling party and the officer in charge of the Tala police station,” the BJP leader said at a bypoll rally in Madarihat. “This is the first vote after RG Kar rape and murder. Don’t you want to take revenge?”

The bypolls will be held in six constituencies—Sitai, Madarihat, Naihati, Haroa, Medinipur, and Taldangra—on November 13 and the counting of votes will take place on November 23. The BJP, which won only one of these seats, Madarihat, in the 2021 elections, is eyeing more seats this time.

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Meanwhile, the Trinamool Congress, which is holding Bijaya Sammilani in every block, is highlighting the state government’s action in the RG Kar case.

TMC leader Kunal Ghosh sharply reacted to Adhikari’s statement. “Assembly elections will be held on the issue of development. People will see who can ensure development and will vote accordingly. If the BJP wants to fight the polls on RG Kar, we will raise the cases of Unnao and Hathras as well as the Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat issues. Basically they know they will not win. Now they are shouting about RG Kar,” he said.

Atri Mitra

Atri Mitra is a Special Correspondent of The Indian Express with more than 20 years of experience in reporting from West Bengal, Bihar and the North-East. He has been covering administration and political news for more than ten years and has a keen interest in political development in West Bengal. Atri holds a Master degree in Economics from Rabindrabharati University and Bachelor's degree from Calcutta University. He is also an alumnus of St. Xavier's, Kolkata and Ramakrishna Mission Asrama, Narendrapur. He started his career with leading vernacular daily the Anandabazar Patrika, and worked there for more than fifteen years. He worked as Bihar correspondent for more than three years for Anandabazar Patrika. He covered the 2009 Lok Sabha election and 2010 assembly elections. He also worked with News18-Bangla and covered the Bihar Lok Sabha election in 2019. ... Read More

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