Opinion: RG Kar Case A Dent For Mamata & TMC, But Not Singur-Nandigram Moment For Oppn Electorally — 4 Reasons

Mamata Banerjee at a gathering of the TMC Chhatra Parishad on its foundation day, in Kolkata, on August 28, 2024.

Source : PTI

The rape and murder of a doctor at the government-run RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata has thrown the Trinamool Congress (TMC) under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee into its most perilous crisis yet. This atrocity has ignited a firestorm of public fury, the likes of which Bengal hasn’t witnessed in years. For the first time in a long while, Kolkata's streets and beyond have been flooded with spontaneous protests from all quarters — students, ordinary citizens, and civil society alike. The