Kolkata, Oct 12, 2025

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Sunday, criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after the latter said that girls should not be allowed to travel outside at night while speaking on the gang-rape of a medical student in Durgapur.

Union Minister of State for Education, Sukanta Majumdar has said that Chief Minister Banerjee should step down from her post after her shocking remarks against women.

“From the highest echelons of administration while directly handling the Home Department herself (serving as her own Police Minister) and above all, being a woman, her (Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s) remark is utterly deplorable and shameful!” Majumdar said in an X post.

“The Chief Minister cannot possibly evade responsibility for the absolute collapse of

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