A fresh political slugfest erupted Monday after the alleged gang rape of a medical student in Durgapur, as the TMC and BJP locked horns over the fate of the stalled Aparajita Bill, the Mamata Banerjee government’s proposed law to toughen punishment for crimes against women.

While the opposition BJP accused her government of completely failing to ensure women’s safety in the state, the ruling TMC hit back, blaming the Narendra Modi government at the Centre for sitting on the Aparajita Bill and preventing it from becoming law.

The Durgapur woman, a medical student originally from Odisha, was allegedly gang-raped near the college campus in the industrial township on the night of October 10.

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi’s office posted an appeal on social media urging Mamata Ban

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