US Edition‘Disgusting… misogyny cuts across party lines’ Mahua Moitra slams TMC colleagues over gangrape comment
- On June 25, 2025, a female law student was gang-raped on the campus of a law college located in the Kasba neighborhood of Kolkata, leading to a police probe and subsequent arrests.
- The incident led to controversial comments by TMC leaders MLA Madan Mitra and MP Kalyan Banerjee, who faced backlash for seemingly insensitive and victim-blaming remarks.
- Trinamool Congress disassociated itself from Mitra and Banerjee's statements, condemned their remarks, and issued Mitra a show cause notice on June 29, 2025, demanding a reply within three days.
- TMC MP Mahua Moitra said misogyny crosses party lines, stressed zero tolerance for crimes against women, and said the police arrested all accused within 12 hours, with four-day custody granted.
- The controversy intensified political tensions, with the BJP demanding the West Bengal Chief Minister's resignation and forming a fact-finding committee to probe the gangrape case.
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TMC MPs Embroiled in War of Words over Gang Rape of Law College Student
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. TMC MPs Kalyan Banerjee and Mahua Moitra got embroiled in a bitter war of words over the alleged gang rape of a student in a law college here with the former launching a personal attack on the latter. India News | TMC MPs Embroiled in War of Words over Gang Rape of Law College Student.
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