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A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked her government over the Sandeshkhali issue, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asserted that West Bengal is the safest state for women in the country.
“…I challenge BJP and say that Bengal is the only place where women are safe…,” Banerjee said while addressing TMC Mahila Wing Rally in Kolkata.
She also accused the BJP of spreading fake information about Sandeshkhali.
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“BJP leaders are spreading canards about the safety of women in West Bengal but they maintain a stoic silence when women are tortured in BJP-ruled states,” she said.
He remarks came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a massive attack on the TMC government over the alleged sexual assault of women in Sandeshkhali.
“TMC has committed a grave sin by torturing mothers and sisters. Anybody’s head will hang in shame after seeing what happened in Sandeshkhali. But the TMC is not bothered about your pain. The TMC government is using its full strength to shield the culprits. But the state government first got a shock from the high court and then the Supreme Court,” Modi said during a rally in Barasat.
The PM also said that the BJP government has brought a law to ensure death penalty for rapists. He also accused Bengal government of not allowing the Centre’s women helpline not to function in the state.
However, the TMC demolished Modi’s claims, saying the BJP-led Gujarat government had allowed early release of jailed rapists of Bilkis Bano and garlanded the convicts upon their release.
On women’s helpline claim, the TMC asked where was the so called helpline when women wrestlers were being beaten up on road in Delhi for protesting against BJP MP Brijbushan Sharan Singh, whome they accused of sexually harassment.
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