Kolkata, Mar 27:
The parents of a woman doctor who was raped and murdered inside state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital here asserted that only the BJP can end the “misrule” of the TMC in West Bengal and ensure justice for their daughter as well as the safety of women in the state.
The victim’s mother has been fielded by the BJP in the assembly polls from Panihati constituency, considered a TMC stronghold, in North 24 Parganas district.
Nearly a year-and-a-half after the rape and murder of their 26-year-old daughter inside a locked seminar room of the state-run hospital in August 2024, a crime that sparked nationwide outrage and months of protests across campuses and medical institutions, the parents said they now believe political change is essential for the truth to fully emerge.
In an interview to PTI, the parents said their resolve to align with the BJP and the mother’s decision to contest the assembly elections was driven by their continuing fight for justice.
“Only the BJP can ensure justice for my daughter and provide safety and security to the women of the state,” the deceased doctor’s father said…
“We had been saying from the beginning that we would not allow anyone to indulge in politics with our child’s death. But what did the Left do other than just protest?
“The way they ruled the state earlier and now the way they are indirectly helping the TMC to stay in power — we do not want to know who their candidate is who is contesting against us,” he said.