Kolkata doctor rape and murder: BJP announces series of protest programmes in West Bengal from August 28
The Hindu
BJP announces protests in West Bengal demanding CM's resignation over women's safety issues and hospital corruption allegations.
Stepping up the attack on the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar has announced a series of programmes to protest the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor at a state-run hospital here over two weeks back.
The programmes will be held across the state between August 28 and September 4, said Mr. Majumdar, also a Union minister.
Demanding Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's resignation for her alleged failure to address the issue of women's safety, Mr. Majumdar said the party will begin a sit-in in Esplanade area of Kolkata from August 28 while the party's women's wing will lock the gates of the state women's commission office.
"The state women's commission seems to have gone into a stupor," Majumdar told reporters on the sidelines of a demonstration by BJP in Shyambazar area of the city.
The BJP leader said that on August 29, party activists will gherao the district magistrate's office in every district at noon while protests will be held outside the administrative offices in every block on September 2.
On September 4, a 'chakka jam' will be observed everywhere in the state stalling the movement of traffic for one hour, he said.
Mr. Majumdar claimed the ongoing CBI probe into the alleged financial irregularities in R .G. Kar Medical College and Hospital showed the nexus between the state and the corrupt hospital lobby.
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