TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee demands stricter anti-rape laws, says will move private member's bill in LS

28 Aug 2024 Evaluate

TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee has called for the enactment of stricter anti-rape laws by the Centre, stating he will move a private member's bill in the Lok Sabha (LS) if the government fails to act.

Addressing a Trinamool Congress students' wing rally, Abhishek Banerjee said he will lead protest in Delhi if the Centre does not ensure quick trials and sentencing in rape cases. He said that party’s only demand is stricter anti-rape legislation and if the central government does not enact this law, he will move a private member's bill for the new law.

TMC national general secretary said that the TMC was demanding justice and quick trial and sentencing in the rape and murder of a woman trainee doctor in R G Kar Medical College and Hospital. He said that if this government could impose lockdown or notebandi in a day, why cannot they introduce stricter anti-rape laws. 

Abhishek Banerjee also criticized the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for its handling of a recent rape-murder case at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital. Banerjee claimed that the CBI has ‘failed’ to bring to book the criminals in the probes it was already holding in the state, starting from the theft of the Nobel medal of Rabindranath Tagore in 2004. 

Pointing out the alleged incidents of atrocities on women at Unnao and Hathras in Uttar Pradesh, Abhishek Banerjee said that those who are seeking the resignation of Mamata Banerjee, should ask for Yogi Adityanath's resignation. He also urged the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad leadership to ensure that in the next student body elections in the colleges in the state, 55 per cent seats be reserved for women candidates.


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