Mamata Banerjee: 'A blot on womanhood...', what did the BJP say on Mamata Banerjee's statement in the Durgapur MBBS student rape case?

The rape of a medical student in Durgapur, West Bengal, is constantly in the news. Yesterday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee issued a statement on the matter, which has brought the Mamata Banerjee government under scrutiny. Several BJP leaders have begun to attack her over her statement.

While commenting on the West Bengal gang rape, Mamata Banerjee asked how the student left the hostel at midnight. This question has sparked a political firestorm. The BJP has called her a "stain on womanhood."

The BJP has demanded Mamata Banerjee's resignation. The BJP says that Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee is blaming the victim. If she cannot support women in difficult times, she should have no right to hold power in the state.

What was Mamata Banerjee's statement?

Mamata Banerjee has appealed to female students not to go out late at night. Students who have come to West Bengal from other states, in particular, have been asked to abide by hostel rules. This statement by CM Mamata Banerjee came after the Durgapur rape case.

Durgapur Rape Case

An MBBS student from Odisha, who had come to study at a private college in Durgapur, had gone out with her friend to eat when three men abducted her, took her to a forest, and raped her.