BJP demands West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's resignation, plans to hold candlelight rally at her residence
Times of India | 15 August 2024
The party's women's wing has announced plans to hold a candlelight rally to Banerjee's residence on Friday as a form of protest. KOLKATA: BJP has called for the resignation of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday in response to the vandalism that occurred at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
The party's women's wing has announced plans to hold a candlelight rally to Banerjee's residence on Friday as a form of protest.
Sukanta Majumdar, the BJP state president, has accused the state of failing to maintain law and order and has also announced that the party will hold a sit-in demonstration near the hospital where the alleged rape and murder of a woman postgraduate trainee doctor took place on August 9th.
Majumdar said that the BJP's women's wing will hold a candlelight rally from Hazra crossing to Banerjee's south Kolkata residence at Kalighat.
The BJP has also announced plans to hold several protest programmes across the state starting from Friday in response to the vandalism and ransacking of the Emergency ward and other areas of the hospital.
The party also plans to hold road blockades across the state tomorrow.
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