Kolkata: Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, attacked the West Bengal government strongly on Wednesday in response to the horrific rape and killing of a junior doctor at the government-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital the previous week.
The Congress MP said that the hospital management and the state administration were making attempts to save the accused.
“The attempt to save the accused instead of providing justice to the victim raises serious questions on the hospital and the local administration.
“This incident has forced us to think that if doctors are not safe in a place like a medical college, then how can parents send their daughters outside for studies?
“Why are even the strict laws made after the Nirbhaya case unsuccessful in preventing such crimes?” LoP Rahul Gandhi said in a strong statement posted on his official X handle.
He says that the RG Kar episode will undoubtedly make women and the medical fraternity feel insecure.
“The entire country is shocked by the gruesome incident of rape and murder of a junior doctor in Kolkata. The way the layers of the cruel and inhuman act against her are being revealed, there is an atmosphere of insecurity among the doctors’ community and women,” Rahul Gandhi commented.
“Every party, every section of society will have to hold serious discussions and take concrete steps on the continuously increasing incidents against women from Hathras to Unnao, and from Kathua to Kolkata,” he added while emphasising that the culprits in the case should be given such a punishment that it is presented as an example in society.
Political analysts noted that the Congress MP’s post was highly significant, particularly in light of his sister, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, who recently posted about the issue and urged the West Bengal government to act swiftly and strictly in the case.
“I appeal to the state government to take immediate and strict action in this case and ensure justice to the victim’s family and fellow doctors,” her post on X read.
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–IANS
