The women’s wing of Trinamool Congress on Tuesday started a 48-hour demonstration against the release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced the demonstration on August 29. She had described the release of convicts in Gujarat as “shameful”. On Tuesday, State Ministers Chandrima Bhattacharya and Sashi Panja, South Kolkata Lok Sabha MP Mala Roy and many others participated in the dharna at Kolkata’s Mayo Road.
“We are participating in the dharna as per instruction of our Chief Minister. The Bilkis Bano case is known to all and how her rapists were released by the Gujarat government on the day we were celebrating 75 years of independence,” the Minister said.
