Women Wrestlers, Bilkis Bano Convicts...: TMC Hits Back Over PM's Sandeshkhali Remark
NDTV
Wondering if PM Modi has the moral right to speak on the steps taken by his government against rapists, TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev said, "BJP leaders and workers had felicitated rapists of Bilkis Bano."
Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "double standards", the Trinamool today said he has no right to lecture on women's security as BJP leaders were charged with sexually harassing female wrestlers.
Senior TMC leader and party's Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien also claimed that 51 cases of crimes are being registered against women in the country every hour and asked the Prime Minister what he has done to improve the situation.
While addressing a rally at Barasat today, PM Modi on Wednesday said the "storm of Sandeshkhali" will reach every part of West Bengal, asserting that 'Nari Shakti' (woman power) will play a pivotal role in decimating the ruling TMC in the state.
