Kolkata: The mother of the RG Kar victim on Thursday said she is planning to enter politics and contest the upcoming assembly election from Panihati in Kolkata on a BJP ticket, saying her aim is to secure justice for her daughter and fight for women’s safety in the state.
Panihati is one of the 38 constituencies where the BJP has not yet announced its candidate.
According to Times Now report, RG Kar victim’s mother has said that she is now going to contest as a BJP candidate from Panihati and she has also said that her main goal is to overthrow Mamata Banerjee and the TMC government only because she wants to keep the women’s safety factor in head. She has also said that she was not forced to join BJP or enter politics but it was her own decision to join BJP and fight as a candidate because she thinks that she can be influential and the injustice that has been done to her daughter and to many other daughters that has been continuously happening in Bengal she can fight against it.
She has also said that even after going to the court and raising this matter against the state government nothing has worked in, no justice has been served and after that also she has seen many other daughters are played as a victim to this horrific incident and therefore she wants to raise this matter and stand as a of women’s security and corruption as well.
The victim’s mother said she had earlier received an offer from the BJP but was not mentally prepared at that time.
“I had received an offer from the BJP long back, but I was not mentally ready then. Yesterday, I decided to accept it and contest because I want to end the rule of the home minister,” she said, referring to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who also holds the home portfolio.
She alleged that the state government had tried to obstruct the investigation and the justice process in her daughter’s case.
“I am entering politics to ensure justice for my daughter and to remove this government from power,” she said.
Her husband also confirmed that discussions with BJP leaders have already taken place and said the family is ready to step into politics.
“There has already been preliminary talks with BJP netas regarding my wife’s candidature. As per party protocols, the name will be announced after we formally join the party. We are almost certain about the candidature and my wife will now directly enter political arena to fight for justice and women’s safety,” he said.
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He also criticised the CPI(M), accusing its leaders of using the protests for their own benefit.
“CPI(M) netas strengthened their position in the name of protests, but later they did not keep in touch with us. Their movement was aimed at politicising my daughter’s death,” he added.
The announcement has led to strong reactions from members of the ‘Reclaim the Night’ protest movement, which had been demanding justice in the case.
Many activists expressed shock and disappointment over the decision calling it “unfortunate and deplorable”. Rimjhim Sinha, who had first called for the protest movement, called the move “very unfortunate”.
“I can imagine how hurt and helpless they must be, but they chose to support a party which has been repetitively responsible for eradicating the presence and independence of several daughters in India. Bilkis Bano, Kathua, Unnao… it’s heartbreaking to keep the count. Unimaginably hurt to know that they took the side of a party which garlands rapists and upholds patriarchy,” Sinha said.
The development has added a political turn to a case that had earlier sparked protests and public outrage across the state.
The rape-murder of the 31-year-old doctor inside the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in August 2024 had triggered nationwide outrage and prolonged protests by doctors and civil society groups across the state. The case became a major political flashpoint in the state, with the BJP accusing the Mamata Banerjee government of shielding those responsible, while the TMC rejected the allegations and said the law would take its course.
(With Inputs from PTI)
