Agartala, August 18: Former Union Minister of State Pratima Bhowmik on Sunday called for the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, following the recent gang-rape and murder of a female doctor at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata.
Bhowmik criticized the TMC government in Bengal, branding it as a “Talibani government” and accusing it of fostering an environment where lawlessness prevails.
“Bengal’s government operates like a Talibani regime. Every day, new problems arise, and there is no freedom of speech. The Trinamool Congress-backed goons are running the state in a Talibani style, while the government and police remain inactive. It’s time for Mamata Banerjee to step down as Chief Minister. As long as she remains in power, women in Bengal will never be safe,” Bhowmik said during a press conference at the BJP headquarters in Agartala.
Bhowmik further criticized Banerjee, pointing out that incidents of violence and atrocities have persisted from the CPIM regime through to the current administration, which is led by a woman who holds multiple key positions including Chief Minister, Home Minister, and Health Minister.
She alleged that the Bengal administration and police attempted to cover up the doctor’s murder by framing it as a suicide.
Bhowmik also condemned the handling of the case, noting that the former principal of RG Kar Medical College, Sandip Ghosh, was not terminated or suspended but merely transferred to another institution.
Additionally, she claimed that 42 doctors who protested the incident were reassigned to distant villages, while those who expressed their outrage on social media received death threats from goons.
Bhowmik didn’t spare the opposition INDIA alliance, accusing its leaders of remaining silent on the RG Kar incident.
“When the INDIA alliance commits a crime, no leader speaks out. They always cater to a particular community and engage in vote politics,” she asserted.
She specifically called out several INDIA alliance leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Akhilesh Yadav, and Jaya Bachchan, for not addressing the issue.
Bhowmik accused the Congress of only engaging in vote politics and neglecting the interests of the entire country.
The press conference was also attended by BJP chief spokesperson Subrata Chakraborty and media manager Sunit Sarkar.
