BJP cites Operation Sindoor’s Sofiya, Vyomika to slam Mamata Banerjee over Durgapur gangrape case

Locket Chatterjee

BJP leader Locket Chatterjee on Sunday tore into West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her "Girls should not be allowed to go out at night" comment after the recent Durgapur gang rape case.

“Mamata Banerjee says that no woman should go out to a forest at night because animals can come and eat her... During Operation Sindoor, Sofiya Qureshi and Vyomika Singh went there at night and attacked. Today in West Bengal, a woman CM is asking people not to go out... This is the current condition of the people of West Bengal. The women of West Bengal will answer for this,” Chatterjee said, as quoted by news agency ANI.

She also claimed that the hospital building where the rape survivor is admitted is closed and the police are inside the building. “The building is labelled as 'Emergency', but it is closed... It is supposed to remain open 24 hours... Because of the Chief Minister's instructions, the police are inside... Why should the police be inside?... The doctors are outside, the police are inside. Mamata Banerjee's rule is going on here. A Taliban or Pakistan-like rule is going on here,” she said.

Meanwhile, ANI reported that BJP leaders, including Locket Chatterjee and others, were stopped at the gates as they reached Durgapur Hospital to meet the rape survivor.

Earlier today, Banerjee had said that women have a responsibility to protect themselves and questioned why the rape survivor had gone out of the campus at 12:30 a.m.

“The girl was studying in a private medical college. How did she come out at 12:30 a.m.? As far as I know, the incident took place in the forest area. I do not know what happened. The investigation is on. I’m shocked to see the incident, but private medical colleges also should take care of their students, and especially girls,” Mamata further said, as quoted by news agency ANI.