Bharatiya Janata Party MP Locket Chatterjee on Monday, February 19, claimed that what happened to women in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali was a reminder of atrocities against women in countries like Iraq and Pakistan.
She slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for questioning the version of some of the complainant women in Sandeshkhali. Chatterjee said women's protests in Sandeshkhali were spontaneous and there was no politics in it as her party has only tried to protect them and raise their voice.
#WATCH | On the Sandeshkhali incident, BJP MP Locket Chatterjee says, "Mamata Banerjee has not given a single statement till now. Sheikh Shahjahan is still absconding. The police are not able to trace him. They (TMC) want 30% votes...we had heard about atrocities on women in… pic.twitter.com/KeyPCSwezq
— ANI (@ANI) February 19, 2024
She said that local TMC strongman Shajahan Sheikh, who is seen as a key accused in the complaints of sexual atrocities and land grab, is being protected by Banerjee. "He should be hanged. He deserves nothing less than capital punishment," she said.
In an apparent reference to Muslim voters, she alleged that Hindu women in the area were targeted and the accused was sheltered by the administration as the TMC cares for "30% votes".
Banerjee on Sunday said that "an incident was made to happen" in Sandeshkhali and blamed it on the BJP for having it scripted along with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the media.
Banerjee added that not a single woman in Sandeshkhali has lodged any FIR and it was she who had directed the police to initiate a suo motu case in this connection. Chatterjee asserted that no FIR was registered because the local administration was hand in glove with the accused and acted like TMC members.
Sandeshkhali has been tense with a large number of women in the locality accusing Trinamool Congress strongman Shajahan Sheikh and his supporters of ”land-grab and sexually assaulting” them under coercion.
With inputs from PTI
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