West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has given the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) a deadline of August 18 to wrap up its probe into the recent rape and murder of a junior doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.
Banerjee warned that if the CBI does not deliver results by the end of the day on Sunday, the Trinamool Congress will organize protests in the national capital. She stated, “If the CBI is unable to nab the culprits by Sunday, there will be bigger agitations. We will stage protest demonstrations in Delhi. We want the culprits to be hanged by Sunday,” she said towards the end of her speech at a Trinamool Congress rally in Kolkata.
She had also accused the Opposition parties, especially the CPI(M) and BJP, of being behind the vandalism at the R.G. Kar Medical College’s emergency department late Wednesday night.
“CPI(M) and BJP are responsible for the vandalism at RG Kar. After Wednesday’s incident, the CPI(M) youth wing activists assembled there with DYFI flags, while BJP supporters assembled there with the national flag. This should be stopped,” she declared.
Banerjee also criticized the BJP for allegedly politicizing the incident at R.G. Kar Medical College, accusing them of lacking independence in the central government. “Nitish Kumar and Chandrabau Naidu are the supports for BJP now. For me, people of all religions are the same. I do not thrive on negative propaganda or mud-slinging,” she said.
In her address, she indirectly warned opposition parties not to push her too far. “More I am cool, more it is good for you. But if hit, I can be a cyclone or tornado,” she asserted.
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