NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday wrote another letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that she had not received a response to her previous letter, in which she called for more stringent legislation to address rape cases.
In her letter, Banerjee wrote, “You may kindly recall my letter No.44-CM dated August 22, 2024 (copy enclosed) regarding the need for stringent Central legislation on incidents of rape and meting out exemplary punishment to perpetrators of such crimes.No reply was received from your end on such a sensitive issue.”
She further mentioned that while a reply was received from the minister of women and child development, it did not adequately address the gravity of the issue she had raised in her initial letter.
“However, a reply has been received from the Minister of Women and Child Development, Government of India (vide their No. 1/RESC/HMWCD/2024 dated-25th August 2024), which barely attends the gravity of the issue raised in my letter. I am of the thought that the seriousness of the subject and its relevance to the society have not been adequately appreciated while sending out this generic reply,” she said.
The Mamata Banerjee-led government has been under severe criticism following the rape-murder case of a trainee doctor and the subsequent vandalism at the RG Kar hospital, where the incident occurred. The trainee doctor was raped in the hospital’s seminar hall, and her body was discovered on August 9. Following the incident, Mamata Banerjee announced that her government would seek capital punishment for the perpetrator.
In her letter, Banerjee wrote, “You may kindly recall my letter No.44-CM dated August 22, 2024 (copy enclosed) regarding the need for stringent Central legislation on incidents of rape and meting out exemplary punishment to perpetrators of such crimes.No reply was received from your end on such a sensitive issue.”
She further mentioned that while a reply was received from the minister of women and child development, it did not adequately address the gravity of the issue she had raised in her initial letter.
“However, a reply has been received from the Minister of Women and Child Development, Government of India (vide their No. 1/RESC/HMWCD/2024 dated-25th August 2024), which barely attends the gravity of the issue raised in my letter. I am of the thought that the seriousness of the subject and its relevance to the society have not been adequately appreciated while sending out this generic reply,” she said.
The Mamata Banerjee-led government has been under severe criticism following the rape-murder case of a trainee doctor and the subsequent vandalism at the RG Kar hospital, where the incident occurred. The trainee doctor was raped in the hospital’s seminar hall, and her body was discovered on August 9. Following the incident, Mamata Banerjee announced that her government would seek capital punishment for the perpetrator.
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