Bangla Bandh Highlights: IMA Disciplinary Committee Suspends Membership Of RG Kar Ex-Principal Sandip Ghosh
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West Bengal BJP called a 12-hour Bangla bandh on August 28 against the police action taken on students demonstrating against the Kolkata doctor's rape and murder, aiming to reach the West Bengal state secretariat, Nabanna, as part of their Nabanna Abhijan. The protest march turned chaotic in Kolkata and adjacent Howrah as hundreds gathered to demand justice for the RG Kar Hospital victim and resignation of CM Mamata Banerjee.
Large-scale violence ensued on the streets of Kolkata and Howrah on Tuesday afternoon after protestors clashed with the police at multiple stoppage points. The violence lasted for around four hours, leading to several injuries on both sides.
Several senior police officers and women protestors were among those who were hurt in the violent protests. Over 200 people were arrested by the police from across the state as protestors took to incessant stone and glass bottles pelting on the police at various spots where their march was stopped.
A police personnel said that fifteen personnel of the Kolkata Police and 14 from the state police force were injured in the clashes. Police had to even resort to large-scale lathi-charge, unleash water cannons, and lob tear gas shells to disperse the protestors who marched from multiple converging points at Nabanna.
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari alleged that over 160 protestors, including 17 women, suffered injuries in the police action. Condemning the action taken by police on protestors, BJP Bengal unit president Sukanta Majumdar called a 12-hour Bangla bandh on Wednesday.
State’s LoP Suvendu Adhikari also urged Governor CV Ananda Bose to "impose President’s Rule" in the state.
Following the call for bandh, Bengal government urged people not to respond to BJP’s 6am–6pm strike. "The government will not allow any bandh on Wednesday. We urge people not to participate in it. All steps shall be taken to ensure that normal life is unaffected," the chief advisor to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Alapan Bandopadhyay said.
The state government also issued a notification stating that all government offices would remain open and all employees, except those on leave, would have to report to office on August 28, failing which they would face show-cause for their unauthorised absence.
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Bangla Bandh LIVE: Calcutta HC Dismisses Plea Against BJP's 12-Hour Bengal Shutdown
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea against the 12-hour 'Bangla Bandh' called by the BJP since the petitioner was debarred from filing public interest litigations (PIL) before the court in a previous order. Petitioner Sanjoy Das, who claimed to be a lawyer practicing at the high court, sought that the bandh be declared illegal.
Bangla Bandh LIVE: 'President Said What The Voice Of Bengal's Heart Is', Says LoP Suvendu Adhikari
On BJP's call for 12-hour 'Bengal Bandh', West Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari says "...The way 'step down CM' slogan was raised in the entire state, the way yesterday's unpolitical 'Nabanna Abhiyan' march was seen, and the way the effect of the bandh called by BJP was seen today, after that this is an attempt to divert the issue. This is a very technical matter...The assembly Speaker and the Assembly Secretary call the session of the Assembly. She (Mamata Banerjee) has destroyed our state, it has brought jungle raj and secondly, now the business rules of the Assembly were also abolished today. I salute our President, what she said today is the voice of the heart of the people of Bengal. We the people of Bengal are suffering, especially our daughters and sisters..."
#WATCH | On BJP's call for 12-hour 'Bengal Bandh', West Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari says "...The way 'step down CM' slogan was raised in the entire state, the way yesterday's unpolitical 'Nabanna Abhiyan' march was seen and the way the effect of the bandh called by BJP was seen… https://t.co/DWv3KvxlRw pic.twitter.com/1ClTPxPu9U
— ANI (@ANI) August 28, 2024
Bangla Bandh LIVE: 'Is President Giving Statements Because Incident Happened In Bengal?' TMC's Kunal Ghosh
Following President Droupadi Murmu's remarks, TMC leader Kunal Ghosh said: "The President has said that she is worried. Similarly, we are also worried, Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee are also worried. We also want justice. This is a social crime, but the Kolkata Police arrested the accused within 24 hours. Now, the case is being looked at by the CBI. Is the President giving statements because the incident happened in West Bengal?"
VIDEO | "The President has said that she is worried. Similarly, we are also worried, Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee are also worried. We also want justice. This is a social crime, but the Kolkata Police had arrested the accused within 24 hours. Now, the case is being… pic.twitter.com/lcRz4rucXn
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 28, 2024
Bangla Bandh LIVE: Bengal BJP Prez Sukanta Majumdar Writes To Amit Shah
Union Minister and West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah
"I am writing to bring to your immediate attention towards the recent statements made by CM Mamata Banerjee during her address to the Student Wing of TMC today in Kolkata where she shamelessly incited gathering, declaring, 'I never sought revenge, but now, do what needs to be done.' This is nothing less than a blatant endorsement of revenge politics from the highest office in the state...I look forward to your prompt and decisive action to safeguard the interests of the citizens of West Bengal and uphold the constitutional values of our nation," the letter read.
Union Minister and West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar writes to Union Home Minister Amit Shah
— ANI (@ANI) August 28, 2024
"I am writing to bring to your immediate attention towards the recent statements made by CM Mamata Banerjee during her address to the Student Wing of TMC today in Kolkata where… pic.twitter.com/b1h2WqNVxB
Bangla Bandh LIVE: IMA Suspends RG Kar Ex-Principal & Vice President Calcutta Branch Sandip Ghosh
The disciplinary committee duly constituted by the National President Dr RV Asokan, IMA HQs has unanimously decided to suspend the membership of Dr. Sandip Ghosh, Vice President, IMA Calcutta Branch.
"The disciplinary committee duly constituted by the National President Dr R V ASOKAN today suo moto considered the rape and murder of a postgraduate resident and the subsequent developments in RG Kar Medical College Kolkata. The undersigned along with the National President had also visited the parents of the victim in their home. They had put up their grievances against you in dealing with the situation as well as lack of empathy and sensitivity in handling the issue in appropriate manner befitting the responsibility held by you in your dealings with them. IMA Bengal state branch as well as certain associations of doctors also have demanded action citing the nature of disrepute brought by you to the profession on the whole. The disciplinary committee of IMA HQs has unanimously decided to suspend you forthwith from the membership of Indian Medical Association," Ghosh's suspension letter read.
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