Kolkata, May 26:
BJP MLA Ratna Debnath, the mother of the RG Kar rape-murder victim, met West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari at the state secretariat on Monday and later took a swipe at TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee over her loss in the Assembly polls.
In a post on social media, the Panihati legislator said she met CM Adhikari at the 14th floor of the state secretariat and contrasted her own loss with Banerjee’s political defeat.
On the intervening night of August 8 and 9, 2024, Debnath’s daughter, a 31-year-old post-graduate trainee resident doctor on duty, was raped, tortured and murdered inside the seminar room of the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital.
There have been allegations that evidence was destroyed and attempts were made to downplay the incident in its immediate aftermath.
Following the sweeping defeat of the Trinamool Congress in the West Bengal elections, the BJP government announced the case would be expedited and that justice would be served.
In a post on X, Debnath said, “Today I am on the 14th floor of Nabanna in a meeting with the chief minister. His name is Suvendu Adhikari. The power of honesty is immense. One only needs to patiently fight against injustice.”
“Today, both Mamata (Banerjee) and I are bereaved. I have lost my only daughter and have dedicated myself to serving people. She has lost her chair on the 14th floor,” she said.